# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-h-forney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:24:48.524Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-h-forney"
name: "William H. Forney"
slug: "william-h-forney"
description: "William Henry Forney was an Alabama legislator, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and four-term U.S. Representative from Alabama from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1893."
tagline: "Confederate Army general and politician (1823–1894)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_H._Forney.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1823-11-09"
deathDate: "1894-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.72
  momentum:             11.96052631578947
  historical:           4.607092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ويليام هنري فورني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4._%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "ويليام اتش. فورنى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%86._%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A6%DB%8C"
    title: "ویلیام ایچ. فورنئی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Forney"
    title: "William Henry Forney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Forney"
    title: "William H. Forney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579204"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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