# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-watkins-ligon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:03:40.598Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-watkins-ligon"
name: "Thomas Watkins Ligon"
slug: "thomas-watkins-ligon"
description: "Thomas Watkins Ligon, a Democrat, was the 30th governor of Maryland in the United States from 1854 to 1858. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives, serving third congressional district from 1845 until 1849. He was the second Maryland governor born in Virginia and was a minority party governor, who faced bitter opposition from an openly hostile legislature."
tagline: "American politician (1810-1881)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_ligon_maryland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1810-05-10"
deathDate: "1881-01-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.03
  momentum:             2.905982905982906
  historical:           7.005436
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Watkins_Ligon"
    title: "Thomas Watkins Ligon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "توماس واكتينز ليجون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "توماس واكتينز ليجون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%82%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "توماس واتکینز لیقون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Watkins_Ligon"
    title: "Thomas Watkins Ligon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Watkins_Ligon"
    title: "Thomas Watkins Ligon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Watkins_Ligon"
    title: "Thomas Watkins Ligon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Watkins_Ligon"
    title: "Thomas Watkins Ligon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q683620"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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