# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-a-peffer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:51:09.726Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-a-peffer"
name: "William A. Peffer"
slug: "william-a-peffer"
description: "William Alfred Peffer was an American lawyer, Union Army officer during the American Civil War, state legislator, and United States Senator from Kansas. He was the first of six Populists elected to the United States Senate. In the Senate, he was recognizable by his enormous flowing beard. His name was also raised as a possible third-party presidential candidate in 1896."
tagline: "United States Army officer (1831–1912)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_A._Peffer_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1831-09-10"
deathDate: "1912-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.52
  momentum:             2.727272727272727
  historical:           7.874226666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William A. Peffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%89._%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام اى. پيفير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام ای. پفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Peffer"
    title: "William A. Peffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Peffer"
    title: "William A. Peffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%DB%8C._%D9%BE%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "ویلیام ای. پفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A4%D7%A4%D7%A8"
    title: "ויליאם פפר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Peffer"
    title: "William A. Peffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Peffer"
    title: "William A. Peffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2577746"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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