# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-medill
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:30:07.336Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-medill"
name: "William Medill"
slug: "william-medill"
description: "William Medill was a 19th-century American lawyer and Democratic politician from Ohio. He was the 22nd governor of Ohio from 1853 to 1856. He had previously served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1839 to 1843."
tagline: "American governor of Ohio (1802-1865)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Medill_at_statehouse.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1802"
deathDate: "1865-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.333333333333333
  historical:           7.00594
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Medill"
    title: "William Medill"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Medill"
    title: "William Medill"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9C"
    title: "ויליאם מדיל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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