# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dennis-chavez
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:41:26.178Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dennis-chavez"
name: "Dennis Chavez"
slug: "dennis-chavez"
description: "Dionisio \"Dennis\" Chávez was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1935, and in the United States Senate from 1935 to 1962. He was the first Hispanic person to be elected to a full term in the Senate and the first U.S. Senator to be born in New Mexico, which was still a territory at the time of his birth. In 1920, he became the first Latino lawyer in the United States."
tagline: "Democratic politician from the U.S. state of New Mexico. (1888-1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dennis_Chavez_cph.3b20083.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1888-04-08"
deathDate: "1962-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.01
  momentum:             6.96
  historical:           10.29042666666667
  currentAttention:     4.04
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "دنیس چاوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Chavez"
    title: "Dennis Chavez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ch%C3%A1vez"
    title: "Dennis Chávez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ch%C3%A1vez"
    title: "Dennis Chávez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "دنیس چاوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%A6'%D7%90%D7%91%D7%A1"
    title: "דניס צ'אבס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dennis Chavez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Chavez"
    title: "Dennis Chavez"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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