# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-b-floyd
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:14:59.373Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-b-floyd"
name: "John B. Floyd"
slug: "john-b-floyd"
description: "John Buchanan Floyd was an American politician who served as the 31st Governor of Virginia. Under president James Buchanan, he also served as the U.S. Secretary of War from 1857 to 1860. Floyd is also known as the Confederate general in the American Civil War who lost the crucial Battle of Fort Donelson."
tagline: "American politician (1806-1863)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Buchanan_Floyd.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1806-06-01"
deathDate: "1863-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.650361548277329
  historical:           15.36527066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump