# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-a-purtell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:07:59.393Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-a-purtell"
name: "William A. Purtell"
slug: "william-a-purtell"
description: "William Arthur Purtell was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Connecticut in the United States Senate in 1952 and from 1953 to 1959."
tagline: "American politician (1897–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Arthur_Purtell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1897-05-06"
deathDate: "1978-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.01062
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump