# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-morton-q1230175
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:36:41.647Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-morton-q1230175"
name: "John Morton"
slug: "john-morton-q1230175"
description: "John Morton was an American farmer, surveyor, and jurist from the Province of Pennsylvania and a Founding Father of the United States. As a delegate to the Continental Congress during the American Revolution, he was a signatory to the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence. Morton provided the swing vote that allowed Pennsylvania to vote in favor of the Declaration. Morton chaired the committee that wrote the Articles of Confederation, though he died before signing."
tagline: "Farmer, surveyor, and jurist from the Province of Pennsylvania (1725–1777)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnMorton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1725"
deathDate: "1777-04-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.44
  momentum:             19.46413137424373
  historical:           13.65382533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John Morton (Politiker)"
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    title: "John Morton (poliitikko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump