# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-speed
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:23:46.084Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-speed"
name: "James Speed"
slug: "james-speed"
description: "James Speed was an American lawyer, politician, and professor who was in 1864 appointed by Abraham Lincoln to be the United States Attorney General. Speed previously served in the Kentucky legislature and in local political offices."
tagline: "American lawyer and politician (1812–1887)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Speed_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1812-03-11"
deathDate: "1887-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.59086133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James Speed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس سبيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس سبيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمز ایسپید"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Speed"
    title: "James Speed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Speed"
    title: "James Speed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Speed"
    title: "James Speed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%93"
    title: "ג'יימס ספיד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Speed"
    title: "James Speed"
    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%B9%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89"
    title: "ジェイムズ・スピード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Speed"
    title: "James Speed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Speed"
    title: "James Speed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B4%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Спид, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q910781"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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