# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-selden-roane
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:25:52.029Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-selden-roane"
name: "John Selden Roane"
slug: "john-selden-roane"
description: "John Selden Roane was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth governor of Arkansas from 1849 to 1852. Prior to this he commanded the Arkansas Mounted Infantry Regiment following the death of Colonel Archibald Yell at the Battle of Buena Vista. Roane also served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War."
tagline: "4th governor of Arkansas from 1849 to 1852"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_gubernatorial_portrait_of_John_Selden_Roane%2C_fourth_governor_of_Arkansas_(1849%E2%80%931852).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1817-01-08"
deathDate: "1867-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.81
  momentum:             8.794495412844036
  historical:           7.677178666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جان سیلڈن رون"
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    title: "جان سلدن روان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Selden Roane"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Selden_Roane"
    title: "John Selden Roane"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Selden_Roane"
    title: "John Selden Roane"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Selden_Roane"
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    title: "ג'ון סלדן רואן"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump