# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederick-madison-roberts
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:03:24.383Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederick-madison-roberts"
name: "Frederick Madison Roberts"
slug: "frederick-madison-roberts"
description: "Frederick Madison Roberts was an American newspaper owner and editor, educator and business owner; he became a politician, the first known man of African-American descent elected to the California State Assembly. He served there for 16 years and became known as \"dean of the assembly.\" He has been honored as the first person of African-American descent to be elected to public office among the states on the West Coast."
tagline: "African-American politician, great grandson of Thomas Jefferson (1879-1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Negro_trail_blazers_of_California_(microform)_-_a_compilation_of_records_from_the_California_archives_in_the_Bancroft_Library_at_the_University_of_California%2C_in_Berkeley%3B_and_from_the_diaries%2C_(14592152780).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1879-09-14"
deathDate: "1952-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.11
  momentum:             6.638023630504833
  historical:           5.522430666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "فريدريك ماديسون روبرتس"
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    title: "프레더릭 메디슨 로버츠"
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    title: "Frederick Madison Roberts"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Madison_Roberts"
    title: "Frederick Madison Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5498340"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump