# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ike-skelton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:21:10.318Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ike-skelton"
name: "Ike Skelton"
slug: "ike-skelton"
description: "Isaac Newton Skelton IV was an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 4th congressional district from 1977 to 2011. During his tenure, he served as the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He was a member of the Democratic Party. On November 2, 2010, he unexpectedly lost his seat to Republican Vicky Hartzler amid a Republican landslide. Notably, he was one of three Democratic committee chairmen to lose reelection in the 2010 midterm cycle, alongside House Budget Committee chairman John Spratt of South Carolina and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Jim Oberstar of Minnesota."
tagline: "American politician (1931-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ike_Skelton%2C_official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-12-20"
deathDate: "2013-10-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             2.207792207792208
  historical:           9.439996
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump