# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harold-ford-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:59:10.313Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harold-ford-sr"
name: "Harold Ford, Sr."
slug: "harold-ford-sr"
description: "Harold Eugene Ford Sr. is an American politician and Democratic former member of the United States House of Representatives representing the area of Memphis, Tennessee, for 11 terms—from 1975 until his retirement in 1997. He was the first African-American to represent Tennessee in the U.S. Congress. He is a member of the Ford political family from Memphis."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harold_Ford%2C_Sr.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1945-05-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.066796
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ford%2C_Sr."
    title: "Harold Ford, Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "هارولد فورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF.%D8%A7%D8%B3."
    title: "هارولد فورد.اس."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ford_senior"
    title: "Harold Ford senior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ford_Sr."
    title: "Harold Ford Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ford_Sr."
    title: "Harold Ford Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ford_(politico_1945)"
    title: "Harold Ford (politico 1945)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ford_Sr."
    title: "Harold Ford Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1585826"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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