# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-shields
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:58:17.118Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-shields"
name: "James Shields"
slug: "james-shields"
description: "James Shields was an Irish American politician and United States Army officer, who is the only person in U.S. history to serve as a senator for three different states, and one of only two to represent multiple states in the U.S. Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, Shields represented Illinois from 1849 to 1855, in the 31st, 32nd, and 33rd Congresses, Minnesota from 1858 to 1859, in the 35th Congress, and Missouri in 1879, in the 45th Congress."
tagline: "Irish-American politician and general (1806-1879)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Shields_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1806-05-10"
deathDate: "1879-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.14
  momentum:             0.3478260869565217
  historical:           12.051408
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس شيلدز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمز شیلدز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Shields_(Politiker%2C_1806)"
    title: "James Shields (Politiker, 1806)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Shields_(politician%2C_born_1806)"
    title: "James Shields (politician, born 1806)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمز شیلدز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Shields_(vuonna_1806_syntynyt_poliitikko)"
    title: "James Shields (vuonna 1806 syntynyt poliitikko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Shields"
    title: "James Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Shields"
    title: "James Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Shields_(politico)"
    title: "James Shields (politico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA_(%E4%B8%8A%E9%99%A2%E8%AD%B0%E5%93%A1)"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Шилдс, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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