# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/preston-brooks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:16:15.179Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/preston-brooks"
name: "Preston Brooks"
slug: "preston-brooks"
description: "Preston Smith Brooks was an American slaveholder, politician, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina, serving as a member of the Democratic Party from 1853 until his resignation in July 1856 and again from August 1856 until his death."
tagline: "South Carolina politician. (1819–1857)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Preston_Brooks-SC2_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1819-08-05"
deathDate: "1857-01-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump