# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-seddon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:26:34.213Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-seddon"
name: "James Seddon"
slug: "james-seddon"
description: "James Alexander Seddon was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a representative in the United States Congress, as a member of the Democratic Party. Seddon was appointed Confederate States Secretary of War by Jefferson Davis during the American Civil War."
tagline: "American lawyer and politician (1815-1880)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Alexander_Seddon_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1815-07-13"
deathDate: "1880-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.431896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James Alexander Seddon"
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    title: "James Seddon"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Seddon"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump