# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-blair-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:07:58.940Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-blair-sr"
name: "John Blair, Sr."
slug: "john-blair-sr"
description: "John Blair was a merchant and politician of the colony of Virginia. He served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. As a member of the House of Burgesses, he initially represented Jamestown then Williamsburg, before being appointed to the Governor's Council. There he served for more than 25 years, including four times becoming acting governor during changes of the royal governors and while governor Francis Fauquier was in the New York and Georgia colonies. Nonetheless, this John Blair, the earliest of the four men of the name serving in the Virginia General Assembly, may be best known either as the nephew and heir of Rev. James Blair or father of John Blair, Jr.."
tagline: "American politician (1687–1771)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1687"
deathDate: "1771-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.91
  momentum:             1.724137931034483
  historical:           1.539453333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  39
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blair_Sr."
    title: "John Blair Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28871766"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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