# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bennett-c-riley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:43:45.380Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bennett-c-riley"
name: "Bennett C. Riley"
slug: "bennett-c-riley"
description: "Bennet C. Riley was the seventh and last military governor of California. Riley ordered the election of representatives to a state constitutional convention, and handed over all civil authority to a governor and elected delegates at the end of 1849; the following year, California joined the U.S. as a state. He participated in the War of 1812 on Lake Ontario. He also served in the United States Army during the Seminole War in Florida, and Mexican–American War."
tagline: "United States Army general and politician (1790-1853)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bennett_Riley%2C_1852_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1790"
deathDate: "1853-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.820124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "بينيت ك. رايلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%B3%DB%8C._%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "بنت سی. رایلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_C._Riley"
    title: "Bennett C. Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennet_C._Riley"
    title: "Bennet C. Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_C._Riley"
    title: "Bennett C. Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817846"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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