# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-pettit
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:36:11.350Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-pettit"
name: "John Pettit"
slug: "john-pettit"
description: "John Pettit was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician. A United States representative and senator from Indiana, he also served in the court systems of Indiana and Kansas. Born in Sackets Harbor, New York, he completed preparatory studies and admitted to the bar in 1831. He moved to Lafayette, Indiana, where he commenced practice in 1838; he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1838-1839 and was United States district attorney from 1839 to 1843."
tagline: "American politician (1807-1877)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Senator_John_Pettit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1807-06-24"
deathDate: "1877-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.55
  momentum:             0.7006369426751593
  historical:           7.672714666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Pettit"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "جون پيتيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%BE%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "جان پتی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pettit"
    title: "John Pettit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pettit"
    title: "John Pettit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%BE%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "جان پتی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%99%D7%98"
    title: "ג'ון פטיט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pettit"
    title: "John Pettit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pettit"
    title: "John Pettit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1701412"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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