# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-f-johnston
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:53:39.322Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-f-johnston"
name: "William F. Johnston"
slug: "william-f-johnston"
description: "William Freame Johnston was the 11th governor of Pennsylvania, from 1848 to 1852. A lawyer by training, Johnston became district attorney of Westmoreland County at the age of 21 in 1829. He was elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature and switched from the Democratic Party to the Whig Party in 1847 to run for the Pennsylvania Senate."
tagline: "American politician (1808-1872)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/W_F_Johnston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1808-11-29"
deathDate: "1872-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.340245333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Johnston"
    title: "William F. Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A5%D9%81._%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام إف. جونستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام اف. جانستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Freame_Johnston"
    title: "William Freame Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Johnston"
    title: "William F. Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Freame_Johnston"
    title: "Gulielmus Freame Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Джонстон, Фрим Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369904"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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