# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-d-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:25:56.468Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-d-williams"
name: "James D. Williams"
slug: "james-d-williams"
description: "James Douglas Williams, nicknamed Blue Jeans Bill, was an American farmer and Democratic politician who held public office in Indiana for four decades, and was the only farmer elected as the governor of Indiana, serving from 1877 to 1880. He also spent twenty-eight years in the Indiana General Assembly, and was well known for his frugality and advocacy of agricultural development."
tagline: "American politician (1808-1880)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_D._Williams_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1808-01-16"
deathDate: "1880-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.2
  momentum:             11.18811881188119
  historical:           6.341469333333334
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جيمس د. وليامز"
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    title: "جیمز دی. ویلیامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Williams"
    title: "James D. Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Williams"
    title: "James D. Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A1"
    title: "ג'יימס ויליאמס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1484759"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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