# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-wolfe-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:25:44.690Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-wolfe-jr"
name: "John Wolfe Jr."
slug: "john-wolfe-jr"
description: "John McConnell Wolfe Jr. was an American attorney and perennial political candidate. He was the Democratic nominee for Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District in 2002 and 2004. He was best known for having challenged President Barack Obama for the Democratic Party's 2012 presidential nomination. He ultimately emerged as the most successful challenger, receiving the second-highest number of delegates (23) and popular votes (116,639)."
tagline: "American politician (1954–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Wolfe%2C_Jr.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1954-04-21"
deathDate: "2023-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.07
  momentum:             3.477564102564102
  historical:           5.296942666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wolfe"
    title: "John Wolfe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81"
    title: "جون ولف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%B1."
    title: "جان وولف جر."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wolfe"
    title: "John Wolfe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wolfe_Jr."
    title: "John Wolfe Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wolfe_Jr."
    title: "John Wolfe Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702210"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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