# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/waitman-t-willey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:29:30.475Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/waitman-t-willey"
name: "Waitman T. Willey"
slug: "waitman-t-willey"
description: "Waitman Thomas Willey was an American lawyer and politician from Morgantown, West Virginia. One of the founders of the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War, he served in the United States Senate representing first the Restored Government of Virginia and became one of the new state of West Virginia's first two senators. He is one of only two people in U.S. history to represent more than one state in the U.S. Senate, the other being James Shields."
tagline: "American politician (1811-1900)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Waitman_T._Willey_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1811-10-18"
deathDate: "1900-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.14
  momentum:             0.3982407311960968
  historical:           7.011844
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ویتمن تی. ویلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Waitman T. Willey"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitman_T._Willey"
    title: "Waitman T. Willey"
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    title: "ویتمن تی. ویلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Waitman T. Willey"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump