# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christopher-memminger
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:01:13.834Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christopher-memminger"
name: "Christopher Memminger"
slug: "christopher-memminger"
description: "Christopher Gustavus Memminger was an American politician and a secessionist who participated in the formation of the Confederate States government. He was the principal author of the Provisional Constitution (1861), as well as the founder of the Confederate financial system. As the first Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury, Memminger was the principal author of the economic policies of Jefferson Davis's administration."
tagline: "German-born American politician (1803-1888)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Engraved_portrait_of_Christopher_Gustavus_Memminger_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1803-01-09"
deathDate: "1888-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1682439537329127
  historical:           10.96814533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump