# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-bennett-johnston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:47:11.567Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-bennett-johnston"
name: "J. Bennett Johnston"
slug: "j-bennett-johnston"
description: "John Bennett Johnston Jr. was an American attorney, politician, and later lobbyist from Louisiana who served as member of the United States Senate from 1972 to 1997. He had previously served in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature representing Caddo Parish, Louisiana as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1964 to 1968 and as a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1968 to 1972. He was a member of the Democratic Party."
tagline: "American politician (1932–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Bennett_Johnston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1932-06-10"
deathDate: "2025-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             19.4685559813445
  historical:           9.272072
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2255704/"
    handle:    "nm2255704"
sources:
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    title: "J. Bennett Johnston"
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    title: "J. Bennett Johnston"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump