# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-mckeithen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:47:28.153Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-mckeithen"
name: "John McKeithen"
slug: "john-mckeithen"
description: "John Julian McKeithen was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th governor of Louisiana from 1964 to 1972. A populist Democrat, McKeithen was the first Louisiana governor in the 20th century to win consecutive terms after a constitutional amendment allowed re-election. His administration is best known for overseeing the beginnings of school integration, controversial payments to the Ku Klux Klan, and the launch of large-scale infrastructure projects, including the establishment of the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District and the initial development of the Louisiana Superdome, which became one of the most iconic sports venues in the United States."
tagline: "American governor of Louisiana (1918-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_McKeithen_(LA).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1918-05-28"
deathDate: "1999-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.13
  momentum:             0.5232558139534883
  historical:           9.427972
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Джон Мак-Кейзен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون مكيثين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "جان مکئیتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McKeithen"
    title: "John McKeithen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McKeithen"
    title: "John McKeithen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McKeithen"
    title: "John McKeithen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McKeithen"
    title: "John McKeithen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McKeithen"
    title: "John McKeithen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%AA'%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'ון מקית'ן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Iulianus_McKeithen"
    title: "Ioannes Iulianus McKeithen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McKeithen"
    title: "John McKeithen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q648557"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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