# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-slidell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:24:32.054Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-slidell"
name: "John Slidell"
slug: "john-slidell"
description: "John Slidell was an American politician, lawyer, slaveholder, and businessman. A native of New York, Slidell moved to Louisiana as a young man. He was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He was one of two Confederate diplomats captured by the United States Navy from the British ship RMS Trent in 1861 and later released. He was the older brother of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, a U.S. naval officer."
tagline: "United States lawyer, politician and businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Slidell_LA_1859.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1793"
deathDate: "1871-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.58200533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Джон Слайдел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Slidell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Slidell"
    title: "John Slidell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Slidell"
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    title: "جان اسلیدل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Slidell"
    title: "John Slidell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Slidell"
    title: "John Slidell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'ון סליידל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Slidell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Slidell"
    title: "John Slidell"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Slidell"
    title: "John Slidell"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
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    title: "John Slidell"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182472"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump