# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-c-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:23:44.480Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-c-jones"
name: "James C. Jones"
slug: "james-c-jones"
description: "James Chamberlain Jones was an American politician who served as the tenth governor of Tennessee from 1841 to 1845, and as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1851 to 1857. A Whig, Jones twice defeated future U.S. President James K. Polk for the governorship, in 1841 and 1843. He was the first native-born Tennessean to be elected governor of the state."
tagline: "American politician (1809-1859)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_C_Jones.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1809-04-20"
deathDate: "1859-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.32
  momentum:             1.666666666666667
  historical:           9.616236
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James C. Jones"
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    title: "جيمس ك. جونز"
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    title: "جيمس ك. جونز"
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    title: "جیمز سی. جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James C. Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C._Jones"
    title: "James C. Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%B3%DB%8C._%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C._Jones"
    title: "James C. Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'יימס ג'ונס (מושל טנסי)"
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    title: "James C. Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James C. Jones"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump