# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-holt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:57:55.254Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-holt"
name: "Joseph Holt"
slug: "joseph-holt"
description: "Joseph Holt was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician. As a leading member of the Buchanan administration, he succeeded in convincing Buchanan to oppose the secession of the South. He returned to Kentucky and successfully battled the secessionist element thereby helping to keep Kentucky in the Union. President Abraham Lincoln appointed him the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army. He served as Lincoln's chief arbiter and enforcer of military law, and supporter of emancipation. His most famous roles came in the Lincoln assassination trials."
tagline: "Union Army general (1807-1894)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Judge_Joseph_Holt_-_NARA_-_526106_(3x4a).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1807-01-06"
deathDate: "1894-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1619778346121057
  historical:           11.57624533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جوزيف هولت"
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    title: "Joseph Holt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Holt"
    title: "Joseph Holt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Holt"
    title: "Joseph Holt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Holt"
    title: "Joseph Holt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'וזף הולט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Holt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump