# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/s-otis-bland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:39:17.702Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/s-otis-bland"
name: "S. Otis Bland"
slug: "s-otis-bland"
description: "Schuyler Otis Bland was a United States representative from Virginia. Born near Gloucester, Virginia, he attended the Gloucester Academy and the College of William and Mary. He was a teacher and a lawyer in private practice, and was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative William A. Jones. He was reelected to the 66th and to the 15 succeeding Congresses, serving from July 2, 1918, to February 16, 1950. While in the House, he was chair of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. The United States Merchant Marine Academy Library is named in his honor."
tagline: "American politician (1872-1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SOtisBland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1872-05-04"
deathDate: "1950-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.62
  momentum:             11.05590062111801
  historical:           4.605184
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "إس. أوتيس بلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3._%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "اس. اوتيس بلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3._%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "اس. اوتیس بلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Otis_Bland"
    title: "S. Otis Bland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Otis_Bland"
    title: "S. Otis Bland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1274587"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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