# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-james-allen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:15:51.135Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-james-allen"
name: "John James Allen"
slug: "john-james-allen"
description: "John James Allen was a Virginia slave owner, lawyer, judge and politician. He served in the Virginia Senate, the 23rd United States Congress, and for 25 years as judge and President of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. He supported Virginia's secession during the American Civil War, and all his surviving sons joined the Confederate States Army, the two youngest dying in the conflict."
tagline: "American lawyer and judge (1797-1871)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_J._Allen_(page_398_crop).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1797-09-25"
deathDate: "1871-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.57
  momentum:             3.472222222222222
  historical:           4.803492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جون جيمس ألين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جون جيمس الين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Allen"
    title: "John James Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Allen_(judge)"
    title: "John J. Allen (judge)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'ון ג'יימס אלן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q198304"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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