# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-updike-sherman
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:56:07.652Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-updike-sherman"
name: "Richard Updike Sherman"
slug: "richard-updike-sherman"
description: "Richard Updike Sherman was a New York State politician and newspaper publisher and editor. He was also the father of the 27th Vice President of the United States James S. Sherman."
tagline: "American politician (1819–1895)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Richard_U._Sherman.jpg/330px-Richard_U._Sherman.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1819"
deathDate: "1895"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.61
  momentum:             5.274849397590361
  historical:           1.546185333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  64
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_U._Sherman"
    title: "Richard U. Sherman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7329611"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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