# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:04:21.637Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-johnson"
name: "William Johnson"
slug: "william-johnson"
description: "William Johnson Jr. was an American attorney, state legislator, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1804 until his death in 1834. When he was 32 years old, Johnson was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Thomas Jefferson. He was the first Jeffersonian Republican member of the Court as well as the second Justice from the state of South Carolina. During his tenure, Johnson restored the act of delivering seriatim opinions. He wrote about half of the dissents during the Marshall Court, leading historians to nickname him the \"first dissenter\"."
tagline: "US judge, legislator, and Supreme Court justice"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamJohnson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1771-12-27"
deathDate: "1834-08-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.287546666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Johnson (juiz)"
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    title: "ويليام جونسون"
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    title: "ويليام جونسون (قاضى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_(Richter)"
    title: "William Johnson (Richter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_(judge)"
    title: "William Johnson (judge)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_(juge)"
    title: "William Johnson (juge)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ויליאם ג'ונסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson"
    title: "William Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_(prawnik)"
    title: "William Johnson (prawnik)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1427073"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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