# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josiah-j-evans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:10:49.893Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josiah-j-evans"
name: "Josiah J. Evans"
slug: "josiah-j-evans"
description: "Josiah James Evans was born in Marlborough district in South Carolina to Thomas Evans, a prominent Revolutionary War soldier and South Carolina legislator, and Elizabeth Hodges. He graduated third in his class from South Carolina College in 1808. In 1813, he married Dorthea DeWitt, daughter of Captain William DeWitt. Evans studied law under his brother-in-law and admitted to the bar in 1811."
tagline: "American politician (1786-1858)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hon._Josiah_J._Evans%2C_S.C_-_NARA_-_528688.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1786-11-27"
deathDate: "1858-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.415094339622642
  historical:           7.871022666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump