# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-thornton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:41:29.992Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-thornton"
name: "Ray Thornton"
slug: "ray-thornton"
description: "Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. was an American attorney and politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1973 to 1979 and the 2nd district from 1991 to 1997. He served as an associate justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1997 to 2004."
tagline: "American politician (1928–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RayThornton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1928-07-16"
deathDate: "2016-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.878042666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ray Thornton"
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  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "راي ثورنتون"
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    title: "راى ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رای تورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Thornton"
    title: "Ray Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Thornton"
    title: "Ray Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Thornton"
    title: "Ray Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Thornton"
    title: "Ray Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Thornton"
    title: "Ray Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2133994"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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