# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-h-clifford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:06:04.649Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-h-clifford"
name: "John H. Clifford"
slug: "john-h-clifford"
description: "John Henry Clifford was an American lawyer and politician from New Bedford, Massachusetts. He served as the state's attorney general for much of the 1850s, retaining the office during administrations dominated by three different political parties. A Whig, he was elected the state's 21st governor, serving a single term from 1853 to 1854. He was the first governor of Massachusetts not born in the state."
tagline: "Massachusetts Whig governor and attorney general (1809–1876)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnHClifford_Photograph.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: "1809-01-16"
deathDate: "1876-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.9
  momentum:             0.1775147928994083
  historical:           8.739525333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John H. Clifford"
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    title: "John H. Clifford"
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    title: "John H. Clifford"
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    title: "ジョン・H・クリフォード"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump