# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-jackson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:05:08.496Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-jackson"
name: "William Jackson"
slug: "william-jackson"
description: "William Jackson was a prominent figure in the American Revolution and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention, and as part of his duties added his signature to the United States Constitution. He also served with distinction in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Jackson served as secretary general of the Society of the Cincinnati. After the war, he served as one of President George Washington's personal secretaries. As President, Washington appointed Jackson Surveyor for the Port of Philadelphia."
tagline: "Figure in the American Revolution (1759–1828)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Major_William_Jackson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1759-03-09"
deathDate: "1828-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.33
  momentum:             1.738241308793456
  historical:           8.087330666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_(1759%E2%80%931828)"
    title: "William Jackson (1759–1828)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A)"
    title: "ويليام جاكسون (محامي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89)"
    title: "ويليام جاكسون (محامى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_(Sekret%C3%A4r)"
    title: "William Jackson (Sekretär)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_(secretary)"
    title: "William Jackson (secretary)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_(homme_politique)"
    title: "William Jackson (homme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3_(%E6%9B%B8%E8%A8%98%E5%AE%98)"
    title: "ウィリアム・ジャクソン (書記官)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%EC%9E%AD%EC%8A%A8"
    title: "윌리엄 잭슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Jackson_(rerum_politicarum_peritus)"
    title: "Gulielmus Jackson (rerum politicarum peritus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3076947"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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