# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrew-j-may
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:42:36.141Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrew-j-may"
name: "Andrew J. May"
slug: "andrew-j-may"
description: "Andrew Jackson May was a Kentucky attorney, an influential New Deal-era politician, and chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee during World War II, famous for his role as chief architect of the Peacetime Selective Service act. May was implicated in the leak of classified naval information, and later an unrelated conviction for bribery. May was a Democratic member of United States House of Representatives from Kentucky during the 72nd to 79th sessions of Congress."
tagline: "American politician (1875-1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrew_J._May_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1875-06-24"
deathDate: "1959-09-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.315482666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "آندریو جی. مای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%8A._%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "أندرو جي. ماي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "اندريو جيه. ماى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/May-incidens"
    title: "May-incidens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_J._May"
    title: "Andrew J. May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_J._May"
    title: "Andrew J. May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q505307"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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