# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claude-matthews
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:17:06.310Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claude-matthews"
name: "Claude Matthews"
slug: "claude-matthews"
description: "Claude Matthews was an American politician who served as the 23rd governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1893 to 1897. A farmer, he was nominated to prevent the loss of voters to the Populist Party. The Panic of 1893 occurred just before he took office, leading to severe economic problems during his term. Republicans took the Indiana General Assembly in the 1894 mid-term election and repudiated many of the Democrats' laws, leading to violence in the assembly. A popular party figure when he left office, he was a nominee to run for president at the 1896 Democratic National Convention, but lost his bid for the nomination to William Jennings Bryan."
tagline: "American politician (1845-1898)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claudematthewsindiana.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1845-12-14"
deathDate: "1898-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.78
  momentum:             1.666666666666666
  historical:           6.340137333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Matthews"
    title: "Claude Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "كلود ماثيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "كلود ماثيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کلاود ماتیوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Matthews"
    title: "Claude Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Matthews"
    title: "Claude Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "קלוד מתיוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1096925"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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