# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sherman-otis-houghton
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:59:07.951Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sherman-otis-houghton"
name: "Sherman Otis Houghton"
slug: "sherman-otis-houghton"
description: "Sherman Otis Houghton was an American politician from California, serving during his career as both a U.S. representative and the mayor of San Jose. He also married, in succession, two survivors of the Donner Party."
tagline: "American military officer and politician (1828–1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ShermanOtisHoughton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1828-04-10"
deathDate: "1914-08-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.24
  momentum:             1.5
  historical:           6.337653333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Sherman Otis Houghton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "شيرمان أوتيس هوتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "شيرمان اوتيس هوتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "شرمن اوتیس هوقتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Otis_Houghton"
    title: "Sherman Otis Houghton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Otis_Houghton"
    title: "Sherman Otis Houghton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Otis_Houghton"
    title: "Sherman Otis Houghton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1274909"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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