# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-melcher
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:14:48.943Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-melcher"
name: "John Melcher"
slug: "john-melcher"
description: "John David Melcher was an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented Montana for four terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and as a United States senator for two terms from 1977 until 1989."
tagline: "American politician (1924-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Melcher.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1924-09-06"
deathDate: "2018-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.06
  momentum:             0.3182579564489112
  historical:           10.95550933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Джон Мелчер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جون ميلتشير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جان ملچر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Melcher"
    title: "John Melcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Melcher"
    title: "John Melcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Melcher"
    title: "John Melcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%84%DA%86%D8%B1"
    title: "جان ملچر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Melcher"
    title: "John Melcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%A6'%D7%A8"
    title: "ג'ון מלצ'ר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Melcher"
    title: "John Melcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョン・メルチャー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Melcher"
    title: "John Melcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Melcher"
    title: "John Melcher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355894"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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