# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-w-ford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:43:52.718Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-w-ford"
name: "James W. Ford"
slug: "james-w-ford"
description: "James William Ford was an activist, a politician, and the vice-presidential candidate for the Communist Party USA in the years 1932, 1936, and 1940. Ford was born in Alabama and later worked as a party organizer for the CPUSA in New York City. He was also the first African American to run on a U.S. presidential ticket (1932) in the 20th century."
tagline: "American politician (1893–1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_W._Ford_Salvaged.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1893-12-22"
deathDate: "1957-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.162745333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جيمس دبليو. فورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Ford"
    title: "James W. Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Ford"
    title: "James W. Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Ford"
    title: "James W. Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13634078"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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