# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-mathews
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:23:28.630Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-mathews"
name: "John Mathews"
slug: "john-mathews"
description: "John Mathews was a Founding Father of the United States and lawyer from Charleston, South Carolina. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1781 where he endorsed the Articles of Confederation on behalf of South Carolina. On his return, he was elected the 33rd governor of South Carolina, serving a single term in 1782 and 1783."
tagline: "American lawyer from South Carolina (1744-1802)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Mathews_(South_Carolina_Governor).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1744"
deathDate: "1802-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.209684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E9%A9%AC%E4%BF%AE%E6%96%AF_(%E5%BE%8B%E5%B8%88)"
    title: "约翰·马修斯 (律师)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_(%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%89)"
    title: "جون ماثيوس (قاضى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "جان ماتیوس (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mathews"
    title: "John Mathews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mathews_(lawyer)"
    title: "John Mathews (lawyer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "ג'ון מתיוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mathews"
    title: "John Mathews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mathews"
    title: "John Mathews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700990"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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