# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-rush-merriam
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:21:59.364Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-rush-merriam"
name: "William Rush Merriam"
slug: "william-rush-merriam"
description: "William Rush Merriam was an American politician and banker. A Republican, he served as the 11th governor of Minnesota from 1889 to 1893. He also served as the first director of the United States Census Bureau under President William Mckinley."
tagline: "American politician (1849–1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamRMerriam.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1849-07-26"
deathDate: "1931-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.27
  momentum:             1.458226110825184
  historical:           5.476170666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Rush Merriam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B1%D8%B4_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "وليام رش ميريام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4_%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ویلیام روش مریام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rush_Merriam"
    title: "William Rush Merriam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rush_Merriam"
    title: "William Rush Merriam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rush_Merriam"
    title: "William Rush Merriam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q884921"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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