# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-maclay
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:32:35.426Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-maclay"
name: "William Maclay"
slug: "william-maclay"
description: "William Maclay was a politician from Pennsylvania during the eighteenth century. Maclay, along with Robert Morris, was a member of Pennsylvania's first two-member delegation to the United States Senate. He assisted John Harris Jr. with the planning the layout of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1785, where Maclay Street is named for him. Following his tenure in the Senate, he served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on two occasions, as a county judge, and as a presidential elector. He is known for his journal providing historical information on the 1st United States Congress."
tagline: "United States Senator from Pennsylvania (1737-1804)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Maclay_(page_159_crop).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1737-07-20"
deathDate: "1804-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.86
  momentum:             2.005899705014749
  historical:           8.947985333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Maclay"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maclay_(Politiker%2C_1737)"
    title: "William Maclay (Politiker, 1737)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maclay_(Pennsylvania_politician%2C_born_1737)"
    title: "William Maclay (Pennsylvania politician, born 1737)"
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    title: "ویلیام مکلی (سناتور پنسیلوانیا)"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maclay"
    title: "William Maclay"
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    title: "ויליאם מקליי"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maclay"
    title: "William Maclay"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maclay"
    title: "William Maclay"
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    title: "William Maclay"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump