# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-e-burney
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:12:14.377Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-e-burney"
name: "William E. Burney"
slug: "william-e-burney"
description: "William Evans Burney was an American businessman and politician who briefly served as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Colorado from 1940 to 1941. He was elected to fill the vacancy created by the death of Representative John Andrew Martin."
tagline: "American politician (1893–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_E._Burney_(Colorado_Congressman).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1893-09-11"
deathDate: "1969-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.135205333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Evans Burney"
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    title: "ويليام إي. بيرني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%89._%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%89"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%DB%8C._%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "ویلیام ای. بورنی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Burney"
    title: "William E. Burney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Burney"
    title: "William E. Burney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Burney"
    title: "William E. Burney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2578536"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump