# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-r-davis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:53:38.570Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-r-davis"
name: "Joseph R. Davis"
slug: "joseph-r-davis"
description: "Major-General Joseph Robert Davis was an American politician and lawyer who served as the commanding general of the Mississippi National Guard from 1888 to 1895. During the American Civil War, he served as aide-de-camp to the President of the Confederate States and commanded a brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia. He is best known for his role at Gettysburg. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Madison and Scott counties in the Mississippi Senate from 1860 to 1861."
tagline: "American military officer (1825–1896)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Major-General_Joseph_R._Davis_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1825-01-12"
deathDate: "1896-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.131147540983608
  historical:           9.884270666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 227
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    title: "Joseph Robert Davis"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump