# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eugene-w-chafin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:41:20.540Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eugene-w-chafin"
name: "Eugene W. Chafin"
slug: "eugene-w-chafin"
description: "Eugene Wilder Chafin was an American politician and writer who served as the Prohibition Party's presidential candidate during the 1908 and 1912 presidential elections. He was active in local politics in Wisconsin, statewide elections in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Arizona, and campaigned throughout the United States and the world in favor of the prohibition of alcohol."
tagline: "American politician (1852–1920)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eugene_W._Chafin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1852-11-01"
deathDate: "1920-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.28
  momentum:             2.058823529411764
  historical:           5.275522666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_W._Chafin"
    title: "Eugene W. Chafin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88._%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "یوجین دبلیو. چافین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_W._Chafin"
    title: "Eugene W. Chafin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%88%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%86"
    title: "یوجین ڈبلیو شافن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Chafin"
    title: "Eugene Chafin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_W._Chafin"
    title: "Eugene W. Chafin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2249294"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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