# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-dawson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:55:25.585Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-dawson"
name: "John Dawson"
slug: "john-dawson"
description: "John Dawson was a Virginian lawyer, soldier and politician who served in the War of 1812 and a term in the Continental Congress as well as seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1797 until his death in office in 1814."
tagline: "American lawyer and politician (1762–1814)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1762"
deathDate: "1814-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.71
  momentum:             0.972972972972973
  historical:           6.540641333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dawson_(siyaset%C3%A7i)"
    title: "John Dawson (siyasetçi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "جون دوسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "جون دوسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dawson_(Politiker)"
    title: "John Dawson (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dawson_(Virginia_politician)"
    title: "John Dawson (Virginia politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F_(%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94)"
    title: "ג'ון דוסון (פוליטיקאי מווירג'יניה)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dawson_(1762%E2%80%931814)"
    title: "John Dawson (1762–1814)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q392894"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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