# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/woodbridge-n-ferris
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:20:54.932Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/woodbridge-n-ferris"
name: "Woodbridge N. Ferris"
slug: "woodbridge-n-ferris"
description: "Woodbridge Nathan Ferris was an American educator from New York, Illinois and Michigan who served as the 28th governor of Michigan and in the United States Senate as a Democrat. He was the founder and namesake of Ferris State University."
tagline: "American politician and educator (1853–1928)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WoodbridgeFerris.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1853-01-06"
deathDate: "1928-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             9.557522123893806
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump