# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-j-northen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:11:54.886Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-j-northen"
name: "William J. Northen"
slug: "william-j-northen"
description: "William Jonathan Northen, was the 54th governor of Georgia from 1890 to 1894, as well as a leading Baptist minister. Northen was president of the Georgia Baptist Convention from 1892 to 1910, and president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1899 to 1901. His political rhetoric was based on his religious outlook, and often focused on racial issues at a time when lynching was increasing. Northen believed that advances in medicine and health would ultimately help African Americans achieve salvation. He promoted the ideology of the modernizing New South, but did not abandon the policy of white supremacy."
tagline: "American politician (1835–1913)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_J._Northen_(10506816775)_(1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1835-07-09"
deathDate: "1913-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.04
  momentum:             3.75
  historical:           6.338841333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump