# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-wilkins-whitfield
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:25:47.227Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-wilkins-whitfield"
name: "John Wilkins Whitfield"
slug: "john-wilkins-whitfield"
description: "John Wilkins Whitfield was a territorial delegate to the United States House of Representatives who represented Kansas Territory from 1854 until 1856. He was an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, being commissioned as a brigadier general on May 9, 1863."
tagline: "Confederate Army general and politician (1818-1879)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnWilkinsWhitfield.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1818-03-11"
deathDate: "1879-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.73
  momentum:             3.333333333333333
  historical:           6.338589333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Whitfield"
    title: "John W. Whitfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "جون ويلكينز ويتفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "جون ويلكينس وايتفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "جان ویلکینز ویتفیلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkins_Whitfield"
    title: "John Wilkins Whitfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkins_Whitfield"
    title: "John Wilkins Whitfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkins_Whitfield"
    title: "John Wilkins Whitfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702157"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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