# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-levi-dawson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:25:05.254Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-levi-dawson"
name: "William Levi Dawson"
slug: "william-levi-dawson"
description: "William Levi Dawson was an American politician and lawyer who represented a Chicago, Illinois district for more than 27 years in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1943 to his death in office in 1970. In 1949, he became the first African American to chair a congressional committee."
tagline: "American politician (1886–1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_L._Dawson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1886-04-26"
deathDate: "1970-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.157705333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William L. Dawson (olóṣèlú)"
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    title: "ويليام إل. دوسن"
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    title: "ویلیام ال. داوسون (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Dawson_(Politiker)"
    title: "William L. Dawson (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Dawson_(politician)"
    title: "William L. Dawson (politician)"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Dawson_(homme_politique)"
    title: "William L. Dawson (homme politique)"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2546135"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump