# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-aiken
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:27:42.203Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-aiken"
name: "William Aiken"
slug: "william-aiken"
description: "William Aiken Jr. was an American statesman, planter, and Southern Unionist who served as the 61st governor of South Carolina from 1844 to 1846. He also served in the state legislature and the United States House of Representatives, running unsuccessfully for speaker of the House in 1856 in \"the longest and most contentious Speaker election in House history.\""
tagline: "American politician (1806–1887)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Aiken.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1806-01-28"
deathDate: "1887-09-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.7
  momentum:             2.762121840033154
  historical:           8.085674666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Aiken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وليام ايكن"
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    title: "ویلیام آیکن جر."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Aiken"
    title: "William Aiken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Aiken_Jr."
    title: "William Aiken Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Aiken_Jr."
    title: "William Aiken Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%9F"
    title: "ויליאם אייקן הבן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Эйкен, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump