# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-mitchell-ashley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:38:38.776Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-mitchell-ashley"
name: "James Mitchell Ashley"
slug: "james-mitchell-ashley"
description: "James Mitchell Ashley was an American politician and abolitionist. A member of the Republican Party, Ashley served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio during the American Civil War, where he became a leader of the Radical Republicans and authored the Thirteenth Amendment, ending slavery in the United States. He also authored the resolution which started the first impeachment inquiry against Andrew Johnson. After the war, he served as Governor of the Montana Territory and president of the Ann Arbor Railroad."
tagline: "American politician (1824-1896)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Mitchell_Ashley_-_Brady-Handy_(1).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: "1824-11-14"
deathDate: "1896-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.827364554637282
  historical:           8.113034666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump