# William Alexander Richardson

> William Alexander Richardson was a prominent Democratic politician from Illinois before and during the American Civil War. A protege of Stephen Douglas, Richardson was an ardent proponent of Jacksonian democracy, popular sovereignty, and strict constructionism. During the American Civil War, he switched from supporting the conflict to join the Copperhead wing of the Democratic party and bitterly criticize President Abraham Lincoln.

*American politician (1811-1875)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-alexander-richardson

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1811-01-16
- **Died:** 1875-12-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 11.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [William Alexander Richardson](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_Richardson)
- [وليام الكسندر ريتشاردسون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [وليام الكسندر ريتشاردسون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [ویلیام الکساندر ریچاردسون](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [William Alexander Richardson](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_Richardson)
- [William Alexander Richardson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_Richardson)
- [ویلیام الکساندر ریچاردسون](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [William Richardson](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Richardson)
- [ויליאם אלכסנדר ריצ'רדסון](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A6'%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F)
- [William Alexander Richardson](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_Richardson)
- [ウィリアム・アレクサンダー・リチャードソン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3)
- [William Alexander Richardson](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander_Richardson)
- [Ричардсон, Уильям Александр](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q881016)

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