# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-melville-broughton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:29:30.857Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-melville-broughton"
name: "J. Melville Broughton"
slug: "j-melville-broughton"
description: "Joseph Melville Broughton Jr. was an American politician who served as the 60th governor of North Carolina from 1941 to 1945. He later briefly served as a United States senator from January 3, 1949, until his death in office approximately two months later."
tagline: "American politician (1888-1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melville_Broughton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1888-11-17"
deathDate: "1949-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             17.98013245033113
  historical:           7.894890666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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