# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-j-esch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:20:31.349Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-j-esch"
name: "John J. Esch"
slug: "john-j-esch"
description: "John Jacob Esch was an American lawyer and Republican politician from La Crosse, Wisconsin. He served 22 years as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 7th congressional district from 1899 to 1921. He was a member of the federal Interstate Commerce Commission from 1921 to 1927. In 1928, President Calvin Coolidge granted him a recess appointment pending his confirmation to a second term; however, the Senate blocked the nomination and the recess appointment expired when Congress adjourned in May."
tagline: "American Congressman (1861-1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Jacob_Esch_cph.3b03505.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1861-03-20"
deathDate: "1941-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.61
  momentum:             4.117647058823529
  historical:           4.603456
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "جون جيه. استش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D8%A7%D8%B4"
    title: "جان جی. اش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Esch"
    title: "John J. Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Esch"
    title: "John J. Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Esch"
    title: "John J. Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1444281"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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