# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-h-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:32:40.406Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-h-jones"
name: "Sam H. Jones"
slug: "sam-h-jones"
description: "Samuel Houston Jones was an American lawyer and the 46th governor of Louisiana for the term from 1940 to 1944. He defeated the renowned Earl Kemp Long in the 1940 Democratic runoff primary election. Eight years later, Long then in a reversal of 1940 defeated Jones in the 1948 party primary."
tagline: "46th Governor of Louisiana (1897-1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_H._Jones_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1897-07-15"
deathDate: "1978-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.3
  momentum:             1.285714285714286
  historical:           7.879122666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Sam H. Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A5%D8%AA%D8%B4._%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "سام إتش. جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89)"
    title: "سام جونز (محامى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%86._%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "سام ایچ. جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_H._Jones"
    title: "Sam H. Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_H._Jones"
    title: "Sam H. Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_H._Jones"
    title: "Sam H. Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A1_(%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99%D7%96%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%94)"
    title: "סאם ג'ונס (מושל לואיזיאנה)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Houston_Jones"
    title: "Sam Houston Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433644"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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