# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-mcfarland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:38:49.996Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-mcfarland"
name: "William McFarland"
slug: "william-mcfarland"
description: "William McFarland was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877, representing the 1st congressional district of Tennessee. He is one of only two Democrats to have won this district's seat since the Civil War. McFarland also served as a state court judge in 1869, and as mayor of Morristown, Tennessee, from 1882 to 1885. A Southern Unionist, he was a member of the Jefferson County delegation at the pro-Union East Tennessee Convention in 1861."
tagline: "American politician (1821–1900)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_McFarland_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1821-09-15"
deathDate: "1900-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.57
  momentum:             5.675675675675676
  historical:           4.604176
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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%85%D9%83%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ويليام مكفارلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام مکفارلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McFarland_(Politiker)"
    title: "William McFarland (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McFarland_(Tennessee_politician)"
    title: "William McFarland (Tennessee politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93_(%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99)"
    title: "ויליאם מקפרלנד (פוליטיקאי מטנסי)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579937"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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