# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-s-salomon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:38:59.232Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-s-salomon"
name: "Edward S. Salomon"
slug: "edward-s-salomon"
description: "Edward Selig Salomon was a German-American politician and military official. Born into a Jewish family in the Duchy of Schleswig in modern-day Germany, he immigrated to the United States as a young adult and served as a lieutenant colonel for the Union during the American Civil War. After nomination for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865, by President Andrew Johnson on January 13, 1866, the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866. Salomon later held public office as Cook County (Illinois) clerk, governor of Washington Territory and a California legislator."
tagline: "Union Army general (1836-1913)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Washington_Territorial_Governor_Edward_Selig_Salomon%2C_circa_1870-1872_(square_crop).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1836-12-25"
deathDate: "1913-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.486574666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ادوارد اس. سالومون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إدوارد إس. زالومون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادوارد اس. زالومون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%96%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%92_%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "אדוארד זליג סלומון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_S._Salomon"
    title: "Edward S. Salomon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_S._Salomon"
    title: "Edward S. Salomon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q976392"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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