# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-w-kern
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:26:29.788Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-w-kern"
name: "John W. Kern"
slug: "john-w-kern"
description: "John Worth Kern was an American attorney and politician who served as a Democratic United States senator from Indiana. While the title was not official, he is considered to be the first Senate majority leader, while serving concurrently as chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus. He was also the Democratic vice presidential nominee in the 1908 presidential election."
tagline: "American politician (1849–1917)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnWKern.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1849-12-20"
deathDate: "1917-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5874840357598978
  historical:           9.629844
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John W. Kern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Kern"
    title: "John W. Kern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Worth Kern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Керн, Джон Уорт"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump