# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-whitaker-ransom
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:37:23.877Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-whitaker-ransom"
name: "Matt Whitaker Ransom"
slug: "matt-whitaker-ransom"
description: "Matthew Whitaker Ransom was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1872 and 1895."
tagline: "Confederate Army general, lawyer, politician (1826-1904)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matt_Whitaker_Ransom_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1826-10-08"
deathDate: "1904-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.546689333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مت دبلیو. رانسوم"
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    title: "Matt Whitaker Ransom"
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    title: "Matt W. Ransom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Whitaker_Ransom"
    title: "Matt Whitaker Ransom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "מט רנסום"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_W._Ransom"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Whitaker_Ransom"
    title: "Matt Whitaker Ransom"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump