# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elias-dayton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:37:29.510Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elias-dayton"
name: "Elias Dayton"
slug: "elias-dayton"
description: "Elias Dayton was an American merchant and military officer who served as captain and colonel of the local militia and in 1783 rose to become a brigadier general during the American Revolutionary War. Afterward, he became the Mayor of Elizabethtown, New Jersey and served in the New Jersey General Assembly. He was the father of U.S. Constitution signer Jonathan Dayton."
tagline: "American politician (1737-1807)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brigadier_General_Elias_Dayton%2C_attributed_to_Ellen_Sharples.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1737-05-01"
deathDate: "1807-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.05
  momentum:             3.396226415094339
  historical:           3.276206666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  68
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "إلياس دايتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Dayton"
    title: "Elias Dayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Dayton"
    title: "Elias Dayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329026"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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