# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-folsom
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:03:01.243Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-folsom"
name: "Jim Folsom"
slug: "jim-folsom"
description: "James Elisha \"Big Jim\" Folsom Sr. was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of Alabama, having served from 1947 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959. He was the first governor of Alabama born in the 20th century."
tagline: "42nd governor of the U.S. state of Alabama (1908-1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Folsom.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1908-10-09"
deathDate: "1987-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.002813333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Folsom"
    title: "Jim Folsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Folsom"
    title: "Jim Folsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "جيم فولسوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "جیم فولسوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Folsom_senior"
    title: "James Folsom senior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Folsom"
    title: "Jim Folsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Folsom%2C_Sr."
    title: "James Folsom, Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9D"
    title: "ג'ים פולסום"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Folsom_sr."
    title: "Jim Folsom sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Folsom"
    title: "Jim Folsom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q881045"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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