# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-henry-drayton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:23:30.177Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-henry-drayton"
name: "William Henry Drayton"
slug: "william-henry-drayton"
description: "William Henry Drayton was an American Founding Father, planter, and lawyer from Charles Town, South Carolina. He served as a delegate for South Carolina to the Continental Congress in 1778-79 and signed the Articles of Confederation."
tagline: "South Carolina politician; signer of the US Declaration of Independence"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Henry_Drayton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1742"
deathDate: "1779-09-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.61368
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ويليام هنري درايتون"
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    title: "ویلیام هنری درایتون"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Drayton"
    title: "William Henry Drayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Drayton"
    title: "William Henry Drayton"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1406824"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump