{"id":"j-b-milam","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/j-b-milam","language":"en","name":"J. B. Milam","name_en":"J. B. Milam","name_ne":null,"description":"Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1941 to 1949","headline":"Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1941 to 1949","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Jesse Bartley Milam (1884–1949) was best known as the first Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation appointed by a U.S. president since tribal government had been dissolved before Oklahoma Statehood in 1907. He was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941, who reappointed him in 1942 and 1943; he was reappointed by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. He died while in office in 1949.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"10 May 1884","date":"1884-05-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6104727#P569"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"8 May 1949","date":"1949-05-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6104727#P570"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6104727#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (8 August 1938 – 8 May 1949)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7245055","start":"1938-08-08","end":"1949-05-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6104727#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Milam","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6104727"],"faq":[{"q":"When was J. B. Milam born?","a":"J. B. Milam was born on 10 May 1884."},{"q":"What positions has J. B. Milam held?","a":"Positions held by J. B. Milam include: Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1938–1949)."}],"related":[{"name":"Black Fox","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/black-fox"},{"name":"Dennis Bushyhead","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dennis-bushyhead"},{"name":"Stand Watie","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/stand-watie"},{"name":"Wilma Mankiller","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wilma-mankiller"},{"name":"Big Tiger","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/big-tiger"},{"name":"Bill John Baker","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-john-baker"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): J. B. Milam","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Milam","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q6104727","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6104727","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article J. B. Milam, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"J. B. Milam\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/j-b-milam. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T06:28:46Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/j-b-milam","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/j-b-milam","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/j-b-milam?lang=ne"}}