# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugh-w-cross
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:39:28.940Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugh-w-cross"
name: "Hugh W. Cross"
slug: "hugh-w-cross"
description: "Hugh Ware Cross was an American politician, lawyer, farmer, and businessman who served as chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, lieutenant governor of Illinois, and speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives."
tagline: "American politician, lawyer, farmer, and businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hugh_W._Cross%2C_circa_1945_(3x4).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1896-08-24"
deathDate: "1972-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.66
  momentum:             1.228070175438596
  historical:           5.468970666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88._%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B3"
    title: "هیو دبلیو. کروزس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "هيو دبليو. كروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "هيو دبليو. كروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Cross"
    title: "Hugh Cross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_W._Cross"
    title: "Hugh W. Cross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_W._Cross"
    title: "Hugh W. Cross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15816128"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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