# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oscar-stanton-de-priest
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:20:00.644Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oscar-stanton-de-priest"
name: "Oscar Stanton De Priest"
slug: "oscar-stanton-de-priest"
description: "Oscar Stanton De Priest was an American politician and civil rights advocate from Chicago. A member of the Illinois Republican Party, he served as a U.S. representative from Illinois's 1st congressional district from 1929 to 1935. He was the first African American to be elected to Congress in the 20th century. During his three terms, he was the only African American serving in Congress. He was also the first African-American U.S. Representative from outside the southern states."
tagline: "American politician and civil rights advocate (1871–1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oscar_Stanton_De_Priest.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1871-03-09"
deathDate: "1951-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.72
  momentum:             0.03593890386343217
  historical:           7.040212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Oscar Stanton De Priest"
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    title: "أوسكار ستانتون دي بريست"
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    title: "اسکار ایستانتون د پریزت"
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    title: "Oscar Stanton De Priest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Stanton_De_Priest"
    title: "Oscar Stanton De Priest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Stanton_De_Priest"
    title: "Oscar Stanton De Priest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Stanton_De_Priest"
    title: "Oscar Stanton De Priest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Stanton_De_Priest"
    title: "Oscar Stanton De Priest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2032986"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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