# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sheridan-downey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:02:39.230Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sheridan-downey"
name: "Sheridan Downey"
slug: "sheridan-downey"
description: "Sheridan Downey was an American lawyer and a Democratic politician from Wyoming and California. In 1934, he ran for lieutenant governor of California as Upton Sinclair's running mate in the \"End Poverty in California\" campaign. In 1938 he was elected U.S. Senator from California, and he served from 1939 to 1950."
tagline: "American politician (1884–1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sheridan_Downey_Gabriel_Moulin_Portrait_1945_Trim_Edit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1884-03-11"
deathDate: "1961-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.76551733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump