# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adam-benjamin-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:54:41.939Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adam-benjamin-jr"
name: "Adam Benjamin, Jr."
slug: "adam-benjamin-jr"
description: "Adam Benjamin Jr. was an American politician and a United States representative from Indiana's 1st congressional district, serving from 1977 until his death from a heart attack in Washington, D.C. in 1982. Benjamin was the first Assyrian-American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives in American history. Benjamin served in the Indiana Senate from 1971 to 1977, the Indiana House of Representatives from 1967 to 1971, and was a member of the Democratic Party."
tagline: "American politician (1935-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adam_Benjamin%2C_Jr..jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1935-08-06"
deathDate: "1982-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.612924
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ادام بينچامين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%B1."
    title: "آدام بنجامین جر."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Benjamin"
    title: "Adam Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Benjamin_Jr."
    title: "Adam Benjamin Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "آدام بنیامین جونیور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348740"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump