# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-h-overton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:58:34.504Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-h-overton"
name: "John H. Overton"
slug: "john-h-overton"
description: "John Holmes Overton Sr., was an attorney and Democratic U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Louisiana. His nephew, Thomas Overton Brooks, was also a US representative, from the Shreveport-based 4th district of Louisiana."
tagline: "American politician (1875-1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Overton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1875-09-17"
deathDate: "1948-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           9.612888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John H. Overton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump