# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/reverdy-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:55:38.373Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/reverdy-johnson"
name: "Reverdy Johnson"
slug: "reverdy-johnson"
description: "Reverdy Johnson was an American politician, statesman, and jurist from Annapolis, Maryland. He gained fame as a defense attorney, defending notables such as Sandford of the Dred Scott case, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter at his courts-martial, and Mary Surratt, conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A former Whig, he was a strong supporter of the Union war effort. At first he opposed wartime efforts to abolish slavery until 1864, and in 1865 supported the 13th Amendment banning slavery."
tagline: "American politician (1796-1876)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reverdy_Johnson.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: "1796-05-21"
deathDate: "1876-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.59
  momentum:             2.456301747930083
  historical:           10.71541066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump