# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-e-cameron
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:13:48.525Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-e-cameron"
name: "William E. Cameron"
slug: "william-e-cameron"
description: "William Evelyn Cameron was a Confederate soldier who became a Virginia lawyer, journalist, and politician. He served as the 39th governor of Virginia from 1882–1886, elected as the candidate of the Readjuster Party headed by William Mahone."
tagline: "American soldier, lawyer, journalist, and politician (1842-1927)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WE_Cameron.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1842-11-29"
deathDate: "1927-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.52
  momentum:             0.3858520900321544
  historical:           7.878294666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William E. Cameron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام إي. كاميرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام كاميرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام ای. کامرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Cameron"
    title: "William E. Cameron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Cameron"
    title: "William E. Cameron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ויליאם קמרון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Evelyn_Cameron"
    title: "William Evelyn Cameron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Evelyn_Cameron"
    title: "Gulielmus Evelyn Cameron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q881425"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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