# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-w-guenther
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:57:48.706Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-w-guenther"
name: "Richard W. Guenther"
slug: "richard-w-guenther"
description: "Richard William Guenther was a German American immigrant, pharmacist, and Republican politician from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He served eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing central Wisconsin from 1881 to 1889. Before that, he served as the 8th State Treasurer of Wisconsin. Later in life, he served as an American consul general in Mexico City, Frankfurt, Germany, and Cape Town, South Africa."
tagline: "American politician-Congressman (1845-1913)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RWGuenther.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1845-11-30"
deathDate: "1913-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.04
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.468790666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ریچارد دبلیو. قونتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AB%D8%B1"
    title: "ريتشارد دبليو. غونثر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ريتشارد دبليو. جوينثير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_W._Guenther"
    title: "Richard W. Guenther"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_W._Guenther"
    title: "Richard W. Guenther"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_W._Guenther"
    title: "Richard W. Guenther"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215400"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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