# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-rodman-west
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:22:01.550Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-rodman-west"
name: "J. Rodman West"
slug: "j-rodman-west"
description: "Joseph Rodman West, also known as J. Rodman West, was a United States senator from Louisiana, a Union general in the United States Army during and after the American Civil War and the chief executive of the District of Columbia. As a commander of militia, he gave the order to torture and murder Apache chief Mangas Coloradas, who had come to meet with him under a flag of truce to discuss terms of peace."
tagline: "American Union Army general and politician (1822-1898)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_R._West_-_cwpbh_03614.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1822-09-19"
deathDate: "1898-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.38
  momentum:             4.615384615384617
  historical:           8.072354666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جوزيف ر. ويست"
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    title: "جی. رادمن وست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph R. West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._West"
    title: "J. R. West"
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    title: "جی. رادمن وست"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_R._West"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%96%D7%A3_%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98"
    title: "ג'וזף וסט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump