# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-w-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:38:31.515Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-w-thompson"
name: "George W. Thompson"
slug: "george-w-thompson"
description: "George Western Thompson was a nineteenth-century Virginia politician, lawyer and judge. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, resigning to become a state judge. During the American Civil War Judge Thompson resigned that position as because he believed the creation of West Virginia to be illegal."
tagline: "American judge and politician (1806-1888)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Judge_George_W._Thompson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1806-05-14"
deathDate: "1888-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.6018
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "جورج دبليو. تومسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جورج دبليو. تومسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88._%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جورج دبلیو. تامپسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Thompson"
    title: "George W. Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Thompson_(politician)"
    title: "George W. Thompson (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129756"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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