# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-d-porter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:03:58.172Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-d-porter"
name: "James D. Porter"
slug: "james-d-porter"
description: "James Davis Porter was an American attorney, politician, educator, and officer of the Confederate Army. He served as the 20th governor of Tennessee from 1875 to 1879. He was subsequently appointed as Assistant Secretary of State during President Grover Cleveland's first administration, and Minister to Chile in Cleveland's second administration."
tagline: "American politician (1828–1912)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Porter-james-by-wb-cooper.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Public Official"
  slug: "public-official"
birthDate: "1828-12-07"
deathDate: "1912-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.6
  momentum:             4.246119733924612
  historical:           8.072930666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Porter"
    title: "James D. Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AF._%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "جيمس د. بورتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس د. بورتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%AF%DB%8C._%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "جیمز دی. پورتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Porter_junior"
    title: "James D. Porter junior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Porter"
    title: "James D. Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%A8_(%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99)"
    title: "ג'יימס פורטר (מושל טנסי)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジェイムズ・デイヴィス・ポーター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Porter"
    title: "James D. Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q248649"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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