# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josiah-t-walls
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:00:42.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josiah-t-walls"
name: "Josiah T. Walls"
slug: "josiah-t-walls"
description: "Josiah Thomas Walls was an American farmer, lawyer, and politician who served all or some of three terms in the United States House of Representatives between 1871 and 1876. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the first African Americans in the United States Congress elected during the Reconstruction Era, and the first black person to be elected to Congress from Florida. He also served four terms in the Florida Senate."
tagline: "American politician (1842-1905)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walls_josiah.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1842-12-30"
deathDate: "1905-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.04
  momentum:             13.86363636363636
  historical:           5.959109333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Josiah T. Walls"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چوسياه تى. والس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوزیاه تی. والس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_T._Walls"
    title: "Josiah T. Walls"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_T._Walls"
    title: "Josiah T. Walls"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_T._Walls"
    title: "Josiah T. Walls"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_T._Walls"
    title: "Josiah T. Walls"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708665"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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