# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-f-farnsworth
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:52:23.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-f-farnsworth"
name: "John F. Farnsworth"
slug: "john-f-farnsworth"
description: "John Franklin Farnsworth was a seven-term U.S. Representative from Illinois and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He commanded brigades in the Cavalry Corps from September 1862 to February 1863. He was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln for appointment to the grade of brigadier general on November 29, 1862 but was not confirmed by the United States Senate. His nomination was ordered returned to President Lincoln on February 12, 1863. He resigned his commission in the Union Army on March 4, 1863, the day he started his third term in Congress."
tagline: "Union Army General (1820-1897)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_F._Farnsworth_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1820-03-27"
deathDate: "1897-07-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.96
  momentum:             3.684210526315789
  historical:           5.475090666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John F. Farnsworth"
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    title: "جون اف. فارنسورث"
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    title: "John F. Farnsworth"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Farnsworth"
    title: "John F. Farnsworth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Franklin_Farnsworth"
    title: "John Franklin Farnsworth"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump