# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/increase-sumner
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:19:08.974Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/increase-sumner"
name: "Increase Sumner"
slug: "increase-sumner"
description: "Increase Sumner was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Massachusetts. He was the fifth governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1797 to 1799. Trained as a lawyer, he served in the provisional government of Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War, and was elected to the Confederation Congress in 1782. Appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court the same year, he served there as an associate justice until 1797."
tagline: "Governor of Massachusetts; Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Associate Justice"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IncreaseSumner.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1746-11-27"
deathDate: "1799-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "اینکرئیس سومنر"
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    title: "Increase Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Increase_Sumner"
    title: "Increase Sumner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اینکریس سامنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Increase Sumner"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump