# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arthur-w-mitchell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:15:47.616Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arthur-w-mitchell"
name: "Arthur W. Mitchell"
slug: "arthur-w-mitchell"
description: "Arthur Wergs Mitchell, Sr., was a U.S. representative from Illinois and civil rights activist. Representing Illinois's 1st congressional district, for his entire congressional career from 1935 to 1943, he was the only African American in Congress. A supporter of the New Deal, Mitchell was the first African American to be elected to the United States Congress as a Democrat."
tagline: "American politician (1883-1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur_W._Mitchell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1883-12-22"
deathDate: "1968-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.274730666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Arthur W. Mitchell"
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    title: "آرثر ميتشيل"
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    title: "آرتور ورقز میچل"
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  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_W._Mitchell"
    title: "Arthur W. Mitchell"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wergs_Mitchell"
    title: "Arthur Wergs Mitchell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ארתור ורגס מיטשל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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