# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-whitney-dunn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:54:34.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-whitney-dunn"
name: "James Whitney Dunn"
slug: "james-whitney-dunn"
description: "James Whitney Dunn is an American politician and businessman from the Michigan. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1983 before unsuccessfully seeking reelection. He ran for the Senate in 1984, losing the Republican primary to astronaut Jack R. Lousma, and in 1988, when he was defeated by Democratic incumbent Donald W. Riegle, Jr. He sought another term in the U.S. House in 1990, but lost in the Republican primary to Dave Camp, ending his electoral career."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_W_Dunn.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1943-07-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.338481333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James Whitney Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس ويتني دان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمز ویتنئی دون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitney_Dunn"
    title: "James Whitney Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitney_Dunn"
    title: "James Whitney Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitney_Dunn"
    title: "James Whitney Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1681294"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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