# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-paine-sheffield-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:27:15.580Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-paine-sheffield-sr"
name: "William Paine Sheffield Sr."
slug: "william-paine-sheffield-sr"
description: "William Paine Sheffield was a U.S. representative and senator from Rhode Island."
tagline: "American politician (1820-1907)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Senator_William_Paine_Sheffield.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1820-08-30"
deathDate: "1907-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.4
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.003276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Paine Sheffield"
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    title: "William Paine Sheffield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Paine_Sheffield_Sr."
    title: "William Paine Sheffield Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ויליאם פיין שפילד האב"
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    title: "William P. Sheffield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1429477"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump