# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-henry-bissell
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:46:03.604Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-henry-bissell"
name: "William Henry Bissell"
slug: "william-henry-bissell"
description: "William Henry Bissell was the 11th governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1857 until his death. He was one of the first successful Republican Party candidates in the U.S., winning the election of 1856 just two years after the founding of his party. In addition to being the first Republican governor of Illinois, he was also the first Catholic and also the first to die in office."
tagline: "American politician (1811–1860)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William.H.Bissel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1811-04-25"
deathDate: "1860-03-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.88
  momentum:             2.204724409448819
  historical:           8.544493333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Henry Bissell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وليام هنري بيسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وليام هنرى بيسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام هنری بیسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Bissell"
    title: "William Henry Bissell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Bissell"
    title: "William Henry Bissell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bissell"
    title: "William Bissell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%9C"
    title: "ויליאם הנרי ביסל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Henricus_Bissell"
    title: "Gulielmus Henricus Bissell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Bissell"
    title: "William Henry Bissell"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q881608"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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