# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sarah-t-hughes
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:26:38.182Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sarah-t-hughes"
name: "Sarah T. Hughes"
slug: "sarah-t-hughes"
description: "Sarah Tilghman Hughes was an American lawyer and federal judge who served on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She is best known as the judge who swore in Lyndon B. Johnson as President of the United States on Air Force One after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. She is the only woman to have sworn in a US president. The photo depicting Hughes administering the oath of office to Johnson is widely viewed as the most famous photo ever taken aboard Air Force One."
tagline: "American lawyer and federal judge (1896-1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LBJ-Hughes.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1896-08-02"
deathDate: "1985-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.50548
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%93'%D1%8E%D0%B7"
    title: "Сара Тілман Г'юз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%AA%D9%89._%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ساراه تى. هوجيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_T._Hughes"
    title: "Sarah T. Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_T._Hughes"
    title: "Sarah T. Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%99%D7%95%D7%96_(%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%AA)"
    title: "שרה יוז (שופטת)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Tilghman_Hughes"
    title: "Sarah Tilghman Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_T._Hughes"
    title: "Sarah T. Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%B7%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Хьюз, Сара Тилман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1644650"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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