# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-j-samford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:57:44.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-j-samford"
name: "William J. Samford"
slug: "william-j-samford"
description: "William James Samford was an American attorney and politician who served as the 31st governor of Alabama and in the United States House of Representatives."
tagline: "American politician (1844-1901)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_J._Samford.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1844-09-16"
deathDate: "1901-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.3
  momentum:             3.206106870229007
  historical:           7.679122666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William J. Samford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام جيه. سامفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام جی. سامفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Samford"
    title: "William J. Samford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Samford"
    title: "William J. Samford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Samford"
    title: "William J. Samford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Samford"
    title: "William J. Samford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%93"
    title: "ויליאם סמפורד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Iacobus_Samford"
    title: "Gulielmus Iacobus Samford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880664"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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