# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-harding-poff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:38:20.753Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-harding-poff"
name: "Richard Harding Poff"
slug: "richard-harding-poff"
description: "Richard Harding \"Dick\" Poff was an American politician and judge. He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1952 from Virginia's 6th congressional district. An attorney and a Republican, he was given strong consideration for the United States Supreme Court by President Richard M. Nixon and was later appointed as a justice of the Virginia Supreme Court."
tagline: "American politician and judge (1923-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Harding_Poff.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1923-10-19"
deathDate: "2011-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.46
  momentum:             2.857142857142857
  historical:           5.271202666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harding_Poff"
    title: "Richard Harding Poff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "ريتشارد هاردينج پوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%82_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "ریچارد هاردینق پوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harding_Poff"
    title: "Richard Harding Poff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Poff"
    title: "Richard H. Poff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harding_Poff"
    title: "Richard Harding Poff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307742"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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