# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-e-fauntroy
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:42:55.901Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-e-fauntroy"
name: "Walter E. Fauntroy"
slug: "walter-e-fauntroy"
description: "Walter Edward Fauntroy Jr. is an American pastor, civil rights activist, and politician who was the Washington, D.C. delegate to the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1991. He was a candidate for the 1972 and 1976 Democratic presidential nominations as a favorite son. As of July 2025, he is the last remaining survivor of the 13 co-founders of the Congressional Black Caucus."
tagline: "American politician (born 1933)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Fauntroy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1933-02-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.555956678700361
  historical:           7.719298666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "والتر فونتروى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "والتر فاونتروی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_E._Fauntroy"
    title: "Walter E. Fauntroy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Fauntroy"
    title: "Walter Fauntroy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Fauntroy"
    title: "Walter Fauntroy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Fauntroy"
    title: "Walter Fauntroy"
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    title: "Walter E. Fauntroy"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump