# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/isham-g-harris
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:42:35.382Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/isham-g-harris"
name: "Isham G. Harris"
slug: "isham-g-harris"
description: "Isham Green Harris was an American and Confederate politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. A pivotal figure in the state's history, Harris was considered by his contemporaries the person most responsible for leading Tennessee out of the Union and aligning it with the Confederacy during the Civil War."
tagline: "American politician (1818–1897)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isham-harris-by-brady.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1818-02-10"
deathDate: "1897-07-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.976631730157786
  historical:           10.30295466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ایشم جی ہیرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Isham G. Harris"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Isham Green Harris"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump