# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-g-townsend-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:03:51.726Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-g-townsend-jr"
name: "John G. Townsend Jr."
slug: "john-g-townsend-jr"
description: "John Gillis Townsend Jr. was an American businessman and politician from Selbyville in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served one term as Governor and two terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware."
tagline: "American politician (1871-1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TOWNSEND%2C_JOHN_G._SENATOR_LCCN2016860876_(Cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1871-05-31"
deathDate: "1964-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.8695652173913043
  historical:           8.741433333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John G. Townsend"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump