# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-henry-stanton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:54:42.567Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-henry-stanton"
name: "William Henry Stanton"
slug: "william-henry-stanton"
description: "William Henry Stanton was an attorney, editor, politician and judge. He served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district, elected to fill the vacancy when Winthrop Welles Ketcham resigned and serving for three months from December 1876 to early March 1877. He was previously editor of the Scranton Daily Times until 1872."
tagline: "American politician (1843-1900)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Henry_Stanton_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1843-07-28"
deathDate: "1900-03-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.32
  momentum:             9.375
  historical:           4.6027
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ويليام هنري ستانتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام هنرى ستانتون (صحفى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام هنری ایستانتون (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Stanton_(Politiker%2C_1843)"
    title: "William Henry Stanton (Politiker, 1843)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Stanton_(congressman)"
    title: "William Henry Stanton (congressman)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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