# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:49:10.779Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-nelson"
name: "Samuel Nelson"
slug: "samuel-nelson"
description: "Samuel Nelson was an American attorney and appointed as judge of New York State courts. He was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1872. He concurred on the 1857 Dred Scott decision, although for reasons different from Chief Justice Taney's."
tagline: "American judge (1792–1873)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel_Nelson_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1792-11-10"
deathDate: "1873-09-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.424552
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Nelson"
    title: "Samuel Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "صموئيل نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "صموئيل نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Nelson_(Richter)"
    title: "Samuel Nelson (Richter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Nelson"
    title: "Samuel Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Nelson"
    title: "Samuel Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "סמואל נלסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Nelson"
    title: "Samuel Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1717971"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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