# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-b-howell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:03:13.290Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-b-howell"
name: "James B. Howell"
slug: "james-b-howell"
description: "James Bruen Howell was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician. The son of a Congressman from Ohio, Howell served as an appointed United States senator from Iowa for slightly over one year."
tagline: "American politician, Iowa (1816-1880)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_B._Howell_-_History_of_Iowa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1816-07-04"
deathDate: "1880-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.3
  momentum:             3.378378378378379
  historical:           7.870230666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James B. Howell"
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    title: "James B. Howell"
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    title: "ג'יימס האוול"
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    title: "James B. Howell"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump