# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-branch-giles
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:33:37.979Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/william-branch-giles"
name: "William Branch Giles"
slug: "william-branch-giles"
description: "William Branch Giles was an American politician and long-term senator from Virginia who served as the 24th governor of Virginia. He served in the House of Representatives from 1790 to 1798 and again from 1801 to 1803; in between, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and was an Elector for Jefferson in 1800. He served as a United States Senator from 1804 to 1815 and then served briefly in the House of Delegates again. After a time in private life, he joined the opposition to John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay in 1824; he ran for the Senate again in 1825 and was defeated but appointed Governor for three one-year terms in 1827; he was succeeded by John Floyd, in the year of his death."
tagline: "American politician (1762-1830)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Branch_Giles.jpg?width=1200"
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country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1762-08-12"
deathDate: "1830-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           9.420052
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump