# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-grayson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:10:14.383Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-grayson"
name: "William Grayson"
slug: "william-grayson"
description: "William Grayson was a planter, lawyer and statesman from Virginia. After leading a Virginia regiment in the Continental Army, Grayson served in the Virginia House of Delegates before becoming one of the first two U.S. Senators from Virginia, as well as a leader of the Anti-Federalist faction. Grayson became the first member of the United States Congress to die while holding office."
tagline: "American politician (1736-1790)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Grayson_(1740-1790).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1736"
deathDate: "1790-03-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump