# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/coles-bashford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:44:37.187Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/coles-bashford"
name: "Coles Bashford"
slug: "coles-bashford"
description: "Coles Bashford was an American lawyer and politician who became the fifth governor of Wisconsin, and one of the founders of the U.S. Republican Party. His one term as governor ended in a bribery scandal that ended in him fleeing Wisconsin, but he was later instrumental in the government of the newly formed Arizona Territory."
tagline: "Governor of Wisconsin, Arizona Territory politician (1816-1878)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coles_Bashford_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1816-01-24"
deathDate: "1878-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.17
  momentum:             1.940298507462687
  historical:           7.20864
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump