# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-dowdy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:19:57.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-dowdy"
name: "John Dowdy"
slug: "john-dowdy"
description: "John Vernard Dowdy was an American politician. Dowdy was a Democratic member of the House of Representatives from the 7th district of Texas from 1952 to 1967 and then served as a congressman from the 2nd district of Texas until 1973, when he decided to retire under indictment for bribery. During his political campaigns his commercials featured the tune \"Are You From Dixie\" but with the words \"Are you for Dowdy, John Dowdy, We'll I'm for Dowdy, too!\""
tagline: "American politician (1912-1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Dowdy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1912-02-11"
deathDate: "1995-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.144385333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John Dowdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "جون ديوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "جان دوودی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dowdy"
    title: "John Dowdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dowdy"
    title: "John Dowdy"
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    title: "ג'ון דאודי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dowdy"
    title: "John Dowdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699834"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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