# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-p-bland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:47:17.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-p-bland"
name: "Richard P. Bland"
slug: "richard-p-bland"
description: "Richard Parks Bland was an American politician, lawyer, and educator from Missouri. A Democrat, Bland served in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1899, \nrepresenting at various times the Missouri 5th, 8th and 11th congressional districts. Nicknamed Silver Dick for his efforts to promote bimetallism, Bland is best known for the Bland–Allison Act."
tagline: "American politician (1835-1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_P._Bland_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1835-08-19"
deathDate: "1899-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.616956
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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