# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ballard-preston
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:39:18.539Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ballard-preston"
name: "William Ballard Preston"
slug: "william-ballard-preston"
description: "William Ballard Preston was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Virginia from February 18, 1862, until his death in November. He previously served as the 19th United States Secretary of the Navy from 1849 to 1850. He is also the cousin of William Campbell Preston and William Preston."
tagline: "American politician (1805-1862)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WmBdPreston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1805-11-25"
deathDate: "1862-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.47
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.205688
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "وليام بالارد بريستون"
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    title: "وليام بالارد بريستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ویلیام بالارد پرزتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Preston"
    title: "William B. Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Preston"
    title: "William B. Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ויליאם פרסטון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ballard_Preston"
    title: "William Ballard Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376510"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump