# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-barksdale
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:57:53.610Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-barksdale"
name: "William Barksdale"
slug: "william-barksdale"
description: "William Barksdale was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, U.S. Representative, and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served four terms as Mississippi's 3rd district's member of the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1853 to 1861."
tagline: "Confederate Army general (1821-1863)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Barksdale.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1821-08-21"
deathDate: "1863-07-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.134370062394901
  historical:           9.699216
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Barksdale"
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    title: "William Barksdale"
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    title: "William Barksdale"
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    title: "William Barksdale"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump