# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-w-houston
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:26:06.378Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-w-houston"
name: "John W. Houston"
slug: "john-w-houston"
description: "John Wallace Houston was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party and the Democratic Party, and served as U.S. Representative from Delaware and a Justice of Delaware Superior Court."
tagline: "American politician (1814-1896)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_W._Houston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1814-05-04"
deathDate: "1896-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.469186666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "جان دبلیو. هوستون"
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    title: "جون دبليو. هوستون"
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    title: "جون دبليو. هوستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'ון האוסטון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Houston"
    title: "John W. Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Houston"
    title: "John W. Houston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1408710"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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