# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-paterson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:56:15.657Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-paterson"
name: "William Paterson"
slug: "william-paterson"
description: "William Paterson was an American statesman, lawyer, jurist, and signer of the United States Constitution. He was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, the second governor of New Jersey, and a Founding Father of the United States."
tagline: "Governor of New Jersey (1745-1806)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Williampaterson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1745-12-24"
deathDate: "1806-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.79694533333334
  currentAttention:     14.76
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Paterson_(juge)"
    title: "William Paterson (juge)"
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  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Paterson_(breitheamh)"
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    title: "Gulielmus Paterson (iudex)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Paterson (jurist)"
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    title: "Вільям Патерсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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