# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-buffington
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:02:26.430Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-buffington"
name: "James Buffington"
slug: "james-buffington"
description: "James Buffington was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Fall River on March 16, 1817. He attended the common schools, and Friends College in Providence, Rhode Island. He studied medicine but never practiced, then engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a member of the Fall River Board of Selectmen from 1851 to 1854, and served as the first Mayor of Fall River under the new city government from 1854 to 1855. He was elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the three succeeding Congresses. Buffington was chairman of the Committee on Accounts, and the Committee on Military Affairs."
tagline: "American politician (1817–1875)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JBuffington.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1817-03-16"
deathDate: "1875-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.91
  momentum:             7.435897435897437
  historical:           4.602448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "جيمس بافينغتون (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "چيميس بوفينجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "جیمز بوفینقتون (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buffinton"
    title: "James Buffinton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buffington_(politician)"
    title: "James Buffington (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212349"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump