# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herschel-v-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:43:28.973Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herschel-v-johnson"
name: "Herschel V. Johnson"
slug: "herschel-v-johnson"
description: "Herschel Vespasian Johnson was an American politician. He was the 41st governor of Georgia from 1853 to 1857 and the vice presidential nominee of the Douglas wing of the Democratic Party in the 1860 U.S. presidential election. He also served as one of Georgia's Confederate States senators."
tagline: "American and Confederate politician (1812-1880)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herschel_Vespasian_Johnson.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: "1812-09-18"
deathDate: "1880-08-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.33
  momentum:             0.1204819277108434
  historical:           10.49388266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "هيرشل جونسون (سياسي)"
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    title: "هرشل وی. جانسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herschel Vespasian Johnson"
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    title: "Herschel V. Johnson"
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    title: "Herschel V. Johnson"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump