# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-joseph-o-brien
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:57:06.471Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-joseph-o-brien"
name: "Thomas Joseph O'Brien"
slug: "thomas-joseph-o-brien"
description: "Thomas Joseph O'Brien of Chicago was a U.S. representative from Illinois, 1933–39, 1943–64, and as Cook County Sheriff from 1938 through 1942. He was a liberal member of the Democratic Party. He became the \"Dean\" of Chicago delegates and played a role in the early career of Dan Rostenkowski."
tagline: "American politician (1878-1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_J._O'Brien.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1878-04-30"
deathDate: "1964-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.6036
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "توماس چوزيف اوبراين (محاسب من امريكا)"
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    title: "توماس جی. او'برین (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._O%E2%80%99Brien_(Politiker)"
    title: "Thomas J. O’Brien (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._O'Brien_(Illinois_politician)"
    title: "Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "トマス・ジョーゼフ・オブライエン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7791120"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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