# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-carroll
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:40:29.033Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-carroll"
name: "William Carroll"
slug: "william-carroll"
description: "William Carroll was an American politician who served as the fifth governor of Tennessee twice, from 1821 to 1827 and again from 1829 to 1835. He held the office longer than any other person with 12 years of service, including the state's only other six-term governor, John Sevier. He is considered one of the state's most popular political figures of the 1820s, and is credited with initiating numerous legal and tax reforms."
tagline: "American politician, Tennessee (1788-1844)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Carroll_governor_of_Tennessee_official_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1788-03-03"
deathDate: "1844-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.31
  momentum:             0.5963302752293579
  historical:           8.949965333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carroll"
    title: "William Carroll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "ويليام كارول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "ويليام كارول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "ویلیام کارول (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carroll_(Politiker%2C_1788)"
    title: "William Carroll (Politiker, 1788)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carroll_(Tennessee_politician)"
    title: "William Carroll (Tennessee politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carroll"
    title: "William Carroll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9C"
    title: "ויליאם קרול"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carroll"
    title: "William Carroll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80)"
    title: "Кэрролл, Уильям (губернатор)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357958"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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