# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-j-jacob
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:58:56.709Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-j-jacob"
name: "John J. Jacob"
slug: "john-j-jacob"
description: "John Jeremiah Jacob was an American Democratic politician from Green Spring in, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Jacob served two terms as the fourth governor of West Virginia from 1871 to 1877. He was also elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates from Hampshire County in 1868 and from Ohio County in 1879."
tagline: "American politician (1829-1893)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Governor_J._J._Jacob.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1829-12-09"
deathDate: "1893-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.77
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.204644
  currentAttention:     0.28
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Jacob"
    title: "John J. Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A8"
    title: "جون ارميا يعقوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%DB%8C._%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A8_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "جان جی. یاکوب (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Jacob"
    title: "John J. Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Jacob_(West_Virginia_politician)"
    title: "John J. Jacob (West Virginia politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91"
    title: "ג'ון ג'ייקוב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Jacob"
    title: "John J. Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Ieremiah_Jacob"
    title: "Ioannes Ieremiah Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369023"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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