# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-s-turner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:28:40.976Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-s-turner"
name: "Benjamin S. Turner"
slug: "benjamin-s-turner"
description: "Benjamin Sterling Turner was an American businessman and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives representing Alabama's 1st congressional district in the 42nd United States Congress. He was a Republican, but ran as an independent for re-election after losing the party's nomination. He received more votes than the Republican, but by splitting support among Republican factions they lost to the Democrat."
tagline: "American politician (1825-1894)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_S._Turner_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1825-03-17"
deathDate: "1894-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.22
  momentum:             7.808219178082189
  historical:           6.81386
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Benjamin S. Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بنجامين إس. تورنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بنجامين اس. تورنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بنجامین اس. تورنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_S._Turner"
    title: "Benjamin S. Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_S._Turner"
    title: "Benjamin S. Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_S._Turner"
    title: "Benjamin S. Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_S._Turner"
    title: "Benjamin S. Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817671"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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