# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-henry-gist
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:57:16.170Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-henry-gist"
name: "William Henry Gist"
slug: "william-henry-gist"
description: "William Henry Gist was the 68th governor of South Carolina from 1858 to 1860 and a leader of the secession movement in South Carolina. He was one of the signers of the Ordinance of Secession on December 20, 1860, which effectively launched the Confederate States of America."
tagline: "American politician (1807-1874)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Henry_Gist.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1807-08-22"
deathDate: "1874-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.499999999999998
  historical:           6.346293333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Henry Gist"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Gist"
    title: "William Henry Gist"
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  - 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%92%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98"
    title: "ויליאם הנרי גיסט"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump