# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-william-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:28:04.310Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-william-smith"
name: "George William Smith"
slug: "george-william-smith"
description: "George William Smith was a Virginia lawyer and politician who served several terms in the Virginia House of Delegates and was twice the acting governor of the state before then being elected as the 17th Governor of Virginia. His term as elected governor was short and ended with his death in the Richmond Theatre fire of 1811."
tagline: "American politician in Virginia (1762-1811)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GeorgeWillSmith.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1762"
deathDate: "1811-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.8
  momentum:             0.8247422680412371
  historical:           8.078006666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "George William Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Smith"
    title: "George William Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Smith_(politician)"
    title: "George William Smith (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'ורג' ויליאם סמית'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Smith"
    title: "George William Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgius_Gulielmus_Smith"
    title: "Georgius Gulielmus Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Smith"
    title: "George William Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q882137"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump