# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-freeman-vilas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:06:11.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-freeman-vilas"
name: "William Freeman Vilas"
slug: "william-freeman-vilas"
description: "William Freeman Vilas was an American lawyer, politician, and United States senator. In the U.S. Senate, he represented the state of Wisconsin for one term, from 1891 to 1897. As a prominent Bourbon Democrat, he was also a member of the cabinet of U.S. President Grover Cleveland, serving as the 33rd Postmaster General and the 17th Secretary of the Interior."
tagline: "Union Army officer and politician (1840-1908)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vilas2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1840-07-09"
deathDate: "1908-08-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.27818666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Freeman Vilas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Vilas"
    title: "William F. Vilas"
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    title: "William Freeman Vilas"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump