# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-n-dalton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:56:31.011Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-n-dalton"
name: "John N. Dalton"
slug: "john-n-dalton"
description: "John Nichols Dalton was an American politician who served as the 63rd governor of Virginia, from 1978 to 1982. Dalton won the office with 55.9% of the vote, defeating Democrat Henry E. Howell Jr. and Independent Alan R. Ogden. Dalton had previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia."
tagline: "American politician (1931-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Virginia_Gov._John_Dalton_interviewed_by_a_reporter_during_tour_of_Marine_base%2C_February_1981.JPEG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-07-11"
deathDate: "1986-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.886970666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John N. Dalton"
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    title: "جون ان. دالتون"
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    title: "John N. Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Dalton"
    title: "John N. Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Dalton"
    title: "John N. Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'ון דלטון (מושל וירג'יניה)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Dalton"
    title: "John N. Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Nichols_Dalton"
    title: "Ioannes Nichols Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump