# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-jefferson-rusk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:11:00.772Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-jefferson-rusk"
name: "Thomas Jefferson Rusk"
slug: "thomas-jefferson-rusk"
description: "Thomas Jefferson Rusk was an early political and military leader of the Republic of Texas, serving as its first secretary of war and as a general at the Battle of San Jacinto. He was later a U.S. politician and served as a senator from Texas from 1846 until his suicide. He served as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate in 1857."
tagline: "American politician (1803–1857)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ThomasJeffersonRusk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1803-12-05"
deathDate: "1857-07-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.851192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump