# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ellen-maria-colfax
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:30:45.447Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ellen-maria-colfax"
name: "Ellen Maria Colfax"
slug: "ellen-maria-colfax"
description: "Ellen Maria Wade Colfax was the second wife of Schuyler Colfax, who became the first House speaker to be elected vice president when he ran on a ticket headed by Ulysses S. Grant in 1868. She was born in Andover, Ohio in 1836."
tagline: "Wife of Vice-President of the U.S."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ellen_Maria_Colfax.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1836-07-26"
deathDate: "1911-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.86
  momentum:             1.805294900060128
  historical:           4.9026
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Colfax"
    title: "Ellen Colfax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Maria_Colfax"
    title: "Ellen Maria Colfax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Maria_Colfax"
    title: "Ellen Maria Colfax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%A1"
    title: "אלן מריה קולפקס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Maria_Colfax"
    title: "Ellen Maria Colfax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3051423"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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