# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-houston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:38:50.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-houston"
name: "Sam Houston"
slug: "sam-houston"
description: "Samuel Houston was an American military general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas and was one of the first two individuals to represent Texas in the United States Senate. He also served as the sixth governor of Tennessee and the seventh governor of Texas. Houston is the only individual to be elected governor of two different US states."
tagline: "American statesman, politician, and soldier (1793-1863)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel_houston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1793-03-02"
deathDate: "1863-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.047843665768194
  historical:           24.36836533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump