# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-benton-elkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:57:30.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-benton-elkins"
name: "Stephen Benton Elkins"
slug: "stephen-benton-elkins"
description: "Stephen Benton Elkins was an American industrialist and politician. He served as the secretary of war between 1891 and 1893. He served in the United States Congress as a delegate from the Territory of New Mexico and a senator from West Virginia."
tagline: "Union United States Army officer (1841-1911)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephen_Benton_%E2%80%9CSmooth_Steve%E2%80%9D_Elkins.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: "1841-09-26"
deathDate: "1911-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.986301369863013
  historical:           11.34467333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump