# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melvin-baldwin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:04:48.359Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melvin-baldwin"
name: "Melvin Baldwin"
slug: "melvin-baldwin"
description: "Melvin Riley Baldwin was an American railroad engineer and Democratic politician. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives, representing Minnesota in the Fifty-third Congress. Earlier, he served in the Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac through most of the American Civil War."
tagline: "Union Army officer (1838-1901)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baldwin%2C_Hon._M.R._(2016691969)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1838-04-12"
deathDate: "1901-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.83
  momentum:             4.999999999999998
  historical:           4.602592
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ملفين بالدوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ملفين بالدوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "ملوین بالدوین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Baldwin"
    title: "Melvin Baldwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Baldwin"
    title: "Melvin Baldwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q591513"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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