# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-elliott-rankin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:53:13.719Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-elliott-rankin"
name: "John Elliott Rankin"
slug: "john-elliott-rankin"
description: "John Elliott Rankin was a Democratic politician from Mississippi who served sixteen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1921 to 1953. He was co-author of the bill for the Tennessee Valley Authority and from 1933 to 1936 he supported the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which brought investment and jobs to the South."
tagline: "Former U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1882-1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnERankin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1882-03-29"
deathDate: "1960-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John E. Rankin"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Rankin"
    title: "John E. Rankin"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump