# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barnabas-bidwell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:52:20.493Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barnabas-bidwell"
name: "Barnabas Bidwell"
slug: "barnabas-bidwell"
description: "Barnabas Bidwell was an author, teacher and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, active in Massachusetts and Upper Canada. Educated at Yale, he practised law in western Massachusetts and served as treasurer of Berkshire County. He served in the state legislature as representative and senator, as well as in the United States Congress as spokesman for the administration of Thomas Jefferson. He was effective in defending the administration's positions and passing important legislation. He resigned his seat in Congress in July 1807."
tagline: "Politician and lawyer of Massachusetts and Upper Canada (1763-1833)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BarnabasBidwellByJohnBrewsterJr.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1763-08-23"
deathDate: "1833-07-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.803888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "بارناباس بيدويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnabas_Bidwell"
    title: "Barnabas Bidwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnabas_Bidwell"
    title: "Barnabas Bidwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnabas_Bidwell"
    title: "Barnabas Bidwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%A1_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%93%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C"
    title: "ברנבס בידוול"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q808402"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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