# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-eastland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:15:02.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-eastland"
name: "James Eastland"
slug: "james-eastland"
description: "James Oliver Eastland was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation in late 1978. Eastland was a segregationist who led the Southern resistance against racial integration during the civil rights movement, often speaking of African Americans as \"an inferior race\". Eastland has been called the \"Voice of the White South\" and the \"Godfather of Mississippi Politics\"."
tagline: "American politician (1904–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_O_Eastland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1904-11-28"
deathDate: "1986-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.076233183856502
  historical:           14.348356
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James Eastland"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump