# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-letcher
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:15:33.612Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-letcher"
name: "John Letcher"
slug: "john-letcher"
description: "John Letcher was an American lawyer, journalist, and politician. He served as a Representative in the United States Congress, was the 34th Governor of Virginia during the American Civil War, and later served in the Virginia General Assembly. He was also active on the Board of Visitors of Virginia Military Institute."
tagline: "American politician (1813-1884)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnLetcher.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1813-03-29"
deathDate: "1884-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.892694666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Letcher"
    title: "John Letcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1"
    title: "جون ليتشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1"
    title: "جون يتشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%AA%DA%86%D8%B1"
    title: "جان لتچر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Letcher"
    title: "John Letcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Letcher"
    title: "John Letcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%A6'%D7%A8"
    title: "ג'ון לצ'ר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Letcher"
    title: "John Letcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Letcher"
    title: "Ioannes Letcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880385"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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