# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-hemphill
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:45:15.194Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-hemphill"
name: "John Hemphill"
slug: "john-hemphill"
description: "John Hemphill was an American politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas from 1841 to 1846 and of the Supreme Court of Texas until 1858, and a United States senator from Texas from 1859 to 1861. A member of the Democratic Party, he was one of the signatories of the Confederate States Constitution."
tagline: "American politician (1803-1862)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Hemphill.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1803-12-18"
deathDate: "1862-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.43
  momentum:             2.243589743589744
  historical:           8.740209333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John Hemphill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون هيمفيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джон Хемпхіл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hemphill"
    title: "John Hemphill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hemphill_(senator)"
    title: "John Hemphill (senator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%85%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "جان همفیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C"
    title: "ג'ון המפיל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hemphill"
    title: "John Hemphill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Хемпхилл, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump