# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-edward-bouligny
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:44:51.910Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-edward-bouligny"
name: "John Edward Bouligny"
slug: "john-edward-bouligny"
description: "John Edward Bouligny was an American politician who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served one term as a member of the Know Nothing movement's anti-immigrant American Party. During his term, Louisiana seceded from the Union, but Bouligny remained in Washington and refused to resign. He was the only member of Congress from Louisiana to not resign or vacate his seat after the state seceded."
tagline: "American politician (1824-1864)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Edward_Bouligny_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1824-02-05"
deathDate: "1864-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.21
  momentum:             0.3478260869565217
  historical:           7.208568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John Edward Bouligny"
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    title: "جون ادوارد بوليجنى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جان ادوارد بولیقنی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Bouligny"
    title: "John Edward Bouligny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Bouligny"
    title: "John Edward Bouligny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Bouligny"
    title: "John Edward Bouligny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "جان ادوارد بولیگنی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Bouligny"
    title: "John Edward Bouligny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503659"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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