# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-l-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:15:42.161Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-l-smith"
name: "William L. Smith"
slug: "william-l-smith"
description: "William Loughton Smith was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Charleston, South Carolina. He represented South Carolina as a Federalist in the United States House of Representatives from 1789 until 1797, during which time he served as chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Loughton_Smith_-_Gilbert_Stuart.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1758"
deathDate: "1812-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.4
  momentum:             1.414141414141414
  historical:           4.808136
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "ويليام لوجتون سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Smith"
    title: "William L. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Loughton_Smith"
    title: "William Loughton Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA'"
    title: "ויליאם לוטון סמית'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Smith"
    title: "William L. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579645"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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