# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rufus-choate
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:19:19.010Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rufus-choate"
name: "Rufus Choate"
slug: "rufus-choate"
description: "Rufus Choate was an American lawyer, orator, and senator who represented Massachusetts as a member of the Whig Party. He is regarded as one of the greatest American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over a thousand cases in a lifetime practice extending to virtually every branch of the law then recognized. Notably, he was one of the pioneers of the legal technique of arousing jury sympathy in tort cases. In one instance, he won a record judgement of $22,500 for a badly injured widow, the most ever awarded to a plaintiff at the time."
tagline: "American politician (1799–1859)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RufusChoate.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1799-10-01"
deathDate: "1859-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.41
  momentum:             15
  historical:           10.09460266666667
  currentAttention:     8
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "روفوس تشوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روفوس تشوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روفس چوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rufus Choate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Choate"
    title: "Rufus Choate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B3_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "روفس چوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%A6'%D7%95%D7%90%D7%98"
    title: "רופוס צ'ואט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Choate"
    title: "Rufus Choate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A8%ED%91%B8%EC%8A%A4_%EC%B4%88%ED%8A%B8"
    title: "루푸스 초트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Choate"
    title: "Rufus Choate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump