# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nelson-dewey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:26:40.225Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nelson-dewey"
name: "Nelson Dewey"
slug: "nelson-dewey"
description: "Nelson Webster Dewey was an American lawyer, land speculator, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the first governor of Wisconsin, and also served in the Wisconsin Senate and served several years in the Wisconsin Territory government before Wisconsin achieved statehood. He was also particularly important in the development of Cassville, Wisconsin, which he had at one time hoped to make the state capitol."
tagline: "(1813-1889) US politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nelson_Dewey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1813-12-19"
deathDate: "1889-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.74
  momentum:             0.7754010695187167
  historical:           6.547841333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Dewey"
    title: "Nelson Dewey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "نيلسون ديوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "نلسون دیوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Dewey"
    title: "Nelson Dewey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Dewey"
    title: "Nelson Dewey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%99%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99"
    title: "נלסון דיואי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Dewey"
    title: "Nelson Dewey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q881961"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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