# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-meeks
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:45:47.959Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-meeks"
name: "James Meeks"
slug: "james-meeks"
description: "James T. Meeks is a Baptist minister and past member of the Illinois Senate, who represented the 15th district from 2003 to 2013. While a Senator, he chaired the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus. He briefly campaigned for mayor of Chicago in the 2003 and 2011 election, before dropping out of the race both times. He subsequently become a leading figure in the campaign to oppose same-sex marriage in Illinois."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Meeks_delivers_%22Surviving_Basic_Training%22_sermon_to_Salem_Baptist_Church_Congregation_at_House_of_Hope_in_2022_IMG_41_(1).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956-08-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.7
  momentum:             17.81553398058253
  historical:           5.485674666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Meeks"
    title: "James Meeks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "جيمس ميكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "جیمز میکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Meeks"
    title: "James Meeks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Meeks"
    title: "James Meeks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Meeks"
    title: "James Meeks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6139605"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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