# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cardiss-collins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:30:56.816Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cardiss-collins"
name: "Cardiss Collins"
slug: "cardiss-collins"
description: "Cardiss Hortense Collins was an American politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the fourth African-American woman in Congress and the first to represent the Midwest. Collins was elected to Congress in the June 5, 1973 special election to replace her husband, George, who had died in the December 8, 1972 United Airlines Flight 553 plane crash a month after being elected to a second term. The seat had been renumbered and combined from the 6th district to the 7th, and had been redrawn to include the Loop. She had previously worked as an accountant in various state government positions."
tagline: "American Democratic politician from Illinois"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cardiss_Collins.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-09-24"
deathDate: "2013-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.348957333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Cardiss Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارديس كولينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کاردیس کولینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cardiss Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiss_Collins"
    title: "Cardiss Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiss_Collins"
    title: "Cardiss Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiss_Collins"
    title: "Cardiss Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiss_Collins"
    title: "Cardiss Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "کارڈیس کولنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiss_Collins"
    title: "Cardiss Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3511738"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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