# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-burton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:54:10.396Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-burton"
name: "William Burton"
slug: "william-burton"
description: "William Burton was an American medical doctor and politician from Milford, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Governor of Delaware during the first two years of the American Civil War."
tagline: "American physician and Governor of Delaware (1789-1866)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Burton_(governor).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1789-10-16"
deathDate: "1866-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.1
  momentum:             1.180555555555556
  historical:           6.539129333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burton_(guvern%C3%B6r)"
    title: "William Burton (guvernör)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "ويليام بورتون (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "ویلیام بورتون (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burton_(Politiker%2C_1789)"
    title: "William Burton (Politiker, 1789)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burton_(governor)"
    title: "William Burton (governor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ויליאם ברטון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burton"
    title: "William Burton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q886794"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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