# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-semple
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:23:13.678Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-semple"
name: "James Semple"
slug: "james-semple"
description: "James Semple was an American attorney and politician. He was Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Attorney General of Illinois, an associate justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, Chargé d'Affaires to New Granada, and United States Senator from Illinois."
tagline: "American politician from Illinois (1798–1866)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Semple.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1798-01-05"
deathDate: "1866-12-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.57
  momentum:             15.29761904761905
  historical:           8.539561333333333
  currentAttention:     5.720000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James Semple"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "چيميس سيمپلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%BE%D9%84"
    title: "جیمز سمپل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Semple"
    title: "James Semple"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Semple"
    title: "James Semple"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%BE%D9%84"
    title: "جیمز سمپل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Semple"
    title: "James Semple"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Semple"
    title: "James Semple"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%9C"
    title: "ג'יימס סמפל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Semple"
    title: "James Semple"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q435130"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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