# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-joyce-sewell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:16:05.274Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-joyce-sewell"
name: "William Joyce Sewell"
slug: "william-joyce-sewell"
description: "William Joyce Sewell was an American Republican Party politician, merchant, and military officer who served as a U.S. senator from New Jersey for two non-consecutive terms from 1881 to 1887 and 1895 until his death in 1901."
tagline: "United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1835-1901)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SEWELL%2C_William_J_(BEP_engraved_portrait).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1835-12-06"
deathDate: "1901-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.671886666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William J. Sewell"
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    title: "ويليام چويس سيويل"
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    title: "William Joyce Sewell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام جی. سول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ויליאם סיוול"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6173660"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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