# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-patrick-cannon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:46:02.183Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-patrick-cannon"
name: "James Patrick Cannon"
slug: "james-patrick-cannon"
description: "James Patrick Cannon was an American Trotskyist who served as national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) from its foundation in 1938 until 1953. Previously a member of the Communist Party of America (CPA), he founded the International Labor Defense in 1925 and served as its first national secretary."
tagline: "American politician (1890-1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JamesPCannon.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: "1890-02-11"
deathDate: "1974-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.99788133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James P. Cannon"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump