# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-w-black
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:52:44.358Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-w-black"
name: "Samuel W. Black"
slug: "samuel-w-black"
description: "Samuel Wylie Black was a lawyer, soldier, judge, and politician. A Democrat closely involved in Pennsylvania politics, he is best known for being the 7th Governor of the Nebraska Territory and for being killed in action leading his regiment in a charge early in the Civil War."
tagline: "American territorial governor of Nebraska (1816-1862)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SamuelWBlack.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1816-09-03"
deathDate: "1862-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.97
  momentum:             8.4375
  historical:           7.404896000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Samuel W. Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "صموئيل دبليو. بلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "صموئيل دبليو. بلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Watson_Black"
    title: "Samuel Watson Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_W._Black"
    title: "Samuel W. Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88._%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%A9"
    title: "ساموئل دبلیو. بلک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_W._Black"
    title: "Samuel W. Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Watson_Black"
    title: "Samuel Watson Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365742"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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