# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jo-ann-emerson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:59:20.394Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jo-ann-emerson"
name: "Jo Ann Emerson"
slug: "jo-ann-emerson"
description: "Jo Ann Emerson is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Missouri's 8th congressional district from 1996 to 2013. The district consists of Southeast and South Central Missouri and includes the Bootheel, the Lead Belt and the Ozarks. Emerson is a member of the Republican Party. On January 22, 2013, Emerson resigned her seat in Congress to become the president and chief executive officer of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. She was CEO until August 2015."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jo_Ann_Emerson%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1950-09-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.892514666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/joannemerson"
    handle:    "joannemerson"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JoAnnEmersonNRECA"
    handle:    "JoAnnEmersonNRECA"
sources:
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    title: "جو این ایمرسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چو ان اميرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جو آن امرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Ann_Emerson"
    title: "Jo Ann Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Ann_Emerson"
    title: "Jo Ann Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95_%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'ו אן אמרסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Ann_Emerson"
    title: "Jo Ann Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jo Ann Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Ann_Emerson"
    title: "Jo Ann Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437667"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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