# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-lawrence
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:59:16.418Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-lawrence"
name: "Richard Lawrence"
slug: "richard-lawrence"
description: "Richard Lawrence was a British-born American unemployed house painter who was the first known person to attempt the assassination of a sitting president of the United States. Lawrence attempted to shoot President Andrew Jackson outside the United States Capitol on January 30, 1835, however both of his pistols misfired and he was taken into custody. At trial, Lawrence was found not guilty by reason of insanity and spent the remainder of his life in insane asylums."
tagline: "Failed assassin of Andrew Jackson (c. 1800–1861)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JacksonAssassinationAttempt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1800"
deathDate: "1861-06-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.611705333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%C3%A7ard_Lourens"
    title: "Riçard Lourens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lawrence_(failed_assassin)"
    title: "Richard Lawrence (failed assassin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lawrence_(mai_kisan_kai)"
    title: "Richard Lawrence (mai kisan kai)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A6'%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "ריצ'רד לורנס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lawrence_(criminale)"
    title: "Richard Lawrence (criminale)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "リチャード・ローレンス (暗殺未遂犯)"
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    title: "रिचर्ड लॉरेन्स"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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