# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-johnston-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-20T19:47:07.650Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-johnston-jr"
name: "Peter Johnston, Jr."
slug: "peter-johnston-jr"
description: "Peter Johnston Jr. was a Virginia military officer, lawyer, politician and judge. He was raised in Prince Edward County, which he represented for many terms in the Virginia House of Delegates; he also served as that body's speaker between 1805 and 1807. During the last two decades of his life, Johnston served as judge of the southwest Virginia Circuit and resided in Abingdon."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Johnston_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1763"
deathDate: "1831"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           1.536357333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  64
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Johnston_Jr."
    title: "Peter Johnston Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7175017"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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