# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-a-richards
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:26:23.682Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-a-richards"
name: "William A. Richards"
slug: "william-a-richards"
description: "William Alford Richards was an American surveyor, rancher, and politician who served as the fourth governor of Wyoming from 1895 to 1899 and as the 30th commissioner of the General Land Office from 1903 to 1907."
tagline: "American politician (1849-1912)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamARichards.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1849-03-09"
deathDate: "1912-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.538661333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "威廉·奥尔福德·理查兹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام ائی. ریچاردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Richards"
    title: "William A. Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Richards"
    title: "William A. Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A6'%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%A1"
    title: "ויליאם ריצ'רדס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Richards"
    title: "William A. Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Richards"
    title: "William A. Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q884354"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump