# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/morris-sheppard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:59:27.339Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/morris-sheppard"
name: "Morris Sheppard"
slug: "morris-sheppard"
description: "John Morris Sheppard was a Democratic United States congressman and United States senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment (prohibition) and introduced it in the Senate, and is referred to as \"the father of national Prohibition.\""
tagline: "United States Senator from Texas (1875-1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SHEPPARD%2C_MORRIS._SENATOR_LCCN2016862554_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1875-05-28"
deathDate: "1941-04-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.311300639658849
  historical:           8.771529333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Morris Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Morris Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "موریس شپرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "מוריס שפרד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Morris Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Шеппард, Моррис"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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