# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-hagerty
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:55:29.542Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-hagerty"
name: "James Hagerty"
slug: "james-hagerty"
description: "James Campbell Hagerty served as the eighth White House Press Secretary from 1953 to 1961 during the Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was known for providing much more detail on the lifestyle of the president than previous press secretaries; for example, he covered in great detail Eisenhower's medical condition. Most of the time, he handled routine affairs such as daily reports on presidential activities, defending presidential policies, and assisting diplomatic visitors. He handled embarrassing episodes, such as those related to the Soviet downing of an American spy plane, the U-2 in 1960. He handled press relations on Eisenhower's international trips, sometimes taking the blame from a hostile foreign press. Eisenhower often relied on him for advice about public opinion, and how to phrase complex issues. Hagerty had a reputation for supporting civil rights initiatives."
tagline: "American journalist (1909-1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Campbell_Hagerty_on_December_6%2C_1960_-_JFKWHP-AR6180-A_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1909-05-09"
deathDate: "1981-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.157741333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hagerty"
    title: "James Hagerty"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump