# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-hedges
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:53:16.685Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-hedges"
name: "James Hedges"
slug: "james-hedges"
description: "James Arthur Hedges was an American politician who served as the tax assessor for Thompson Township, Pennsylvania and as the Prohibition Party's 2016 presidential nominee. He was the only member of the Prohibition Party to be elected to public office in the 21st century, and the first since 1959."
tagline: "American politician (1938–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimhedges.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1938-05-10"
deathDate: "2024-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.86
  momentum:             2.456140350877194
  historical:           3.746113333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%82%D8%B2"
    title: "جیمز هدقز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hedges"
    title: "James Hedges"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hedges"
    title: "James Hedges"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E8%B5%AB%E5%A5%87%E6%96%AF"
    title: "詹姆斯·赫奇斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6135827"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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