# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-matthews
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:21:04.094Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-matthews"
name: "William Matthews"
slug: "william-matthews"
description: "William Matthews was an American politician. He was born in Cecil County, Maryland, and was a judge of the Cecil County Court in 1778, 1780, and 1782–1786. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1786 to 1789."
tagline: "American politician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1755-04-26"
deathDate: "1808"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.668466666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Matthews_(Politiker)"
    title: "William Matthews (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "ويليام ماثيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "ويليام ماثيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Matthews"
    title: "William Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Matthews_(politician)"
    title: "William Matthews (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "ויליאם מתיוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2120003"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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