# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-stark
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:54:43.921Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-stark"
name: "Benjamin Stark"
slug: "benjamin-stark"
description: "Benjamin Stark was an American merchant and politician in Oregon. A native of Louisiana, he purchased some of the original tracts of land for the city of Portland. He later served in the Oregon House of Representatives before appointment to the United States Senate in 1860 after the death of Edward D. Baker. A Democrat, Stark served in the Senate from 1861 to 1862. He later served in the Connecticut House of Representatives."
tagline: "American politician (1820-1898)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Stark_1910.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1820-06-26"
deathDate: "1898-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.04672897196261682
  historical:           8.741073333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Benjamin Stark"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump