# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-traficant
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:03:32.064Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-traficant"
name: "James Traficant"
slug: "james-traficant"
description: "James Anthony Traficant Jr. was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. A staunch economic populist known for his flamboyant personality, he represented the 17th congressional district, which centered on his hometown of Youngstown and included parts of three counties in northeast Ohio's Mahoning Valley."
tagline: "American politician (1941–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Traficant.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-05-08"
deathDate: "2014-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.92
  momentum:             1.111786148238153
  historical:           7.063376
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jim-traficant.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Traficant"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "چيميس ترافيكانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "جیمز ترافیکانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Traficant"
    title: "James Traficant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Traficant"
    title: "James Traficant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Traficant"
    title: "James Traficant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Traficant"
    title: "James Traficant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82"
    title: "Джеймс Трафікант"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465728"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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