# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-pennington
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:12:47.418Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-pennington"
name: "William Pennington"
slug: "william-pennington"
description: "William Pennington was an American politician and lawyer. He was the 13th governor of New Jersey from 1837 to 1843. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives, during which he served as the first Republican Speaker of the House from 1860 to 1861."
tagline: "American politician (1796-1862)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WmPennington.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1796-05-04"
deathDate: "1862-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump