# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-sumner
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:31:35.270Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-sumner"
name: "Charles Sumner"
slug: "charles-sumner"
description: "Charles Sumner was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874. Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading American advocate for the abolition of slavery, and after the war he was a key figure in the Reconstruction era, during which he and other Radical Republicans successfully fought to end slavery and ensure basic rights for Black Americans. He continued advocating for racial equality until his death, lobbying in his final days for a civil rights bill that served as a model for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Historians credit Sumner with coining the phrase \"equality before the law,\" which he first used as part of an early attempt to integrate Boston's public school system."
tagline: "American abolitionist and statesman (1811–1874)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Sumner_1855_BPL-crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1811-01-06"
deathDate: "1874-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.06
  momentum:             3.856794141578519
  historical:           23.06902933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3485869"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "تشارلز سومنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "تشارلز سومنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "چارلز سامنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "چارلز سامنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6'%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%A1_%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%A8"
    title: "צ'ארלס סאמנר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC"
    title: "チャールズ・サムナー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A9%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A%E1%83%96_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98"
    title: "ჩარლზ სუმნერი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B0%B0%EC%8A%A4_%EC%84%AC%EB%84%88"
    title: "찰스 섬너"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "چارلز سامنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B7"
    title: "Самнер, Чарлз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Charles Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/44eb6d56-713f-43c3-a6e9-f47f5ae71bae"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1066198"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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