# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-c-marland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:25:29.204Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-c-marland"
name: "William C. Marland"
slug: "william-c-marland"
description: "William Casey Marland, a Democrat, was the 24th governor of West Virginia from 1953 to 1957. He is best known for his early attempts to tax companies that depleted the state's natural resources, especially coal, as well as overseeing implementation of school desegregation during the Civil Rights Movement when other Southern governors opposed it. Near the end of his life, he re-entered the public stage when a reporter found him driving a cab in Chicago. He responded to the negative publicity by making a public statement to the media about his recovery from alcoholism and indicated that his new, relatively humble job helped in that recovery."
tagline: "American football player (1918-1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_C._Marland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1918-03-26"
deathDate: "1965-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.41
  momentum:             7.702702702702701
  historical:           6.145645333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Marland"
    title: "William C. Marland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D9%89._%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ويليام سى. مارلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%DB%8C._%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ویلیام سی. مارلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Marland"
    title: "William C. Marland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Marland"
    title: "William C. Marland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93"
    title: "ויליאם מרלנד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Casey_Marland"
    title: "Gulielmus Casey Marland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q740798"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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