# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-tower
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:55:43.829Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-tower"
name: "John Tower"
slug: "john-tower"
description: "John Goodwin Tower was an American politician and military veteran who represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas since Reconstruction. Tower is known for leading the Tower Commission, which investigated the Iran-Contra Affair in the Reagan administration."
tagline: "American senator from Texas and chairman of the Tower Commission (1925-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Tower.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1925-09-29"
deathDate: "1991-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.961479198767334
  historical:           15.34613466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Джон Тауер"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump