# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-pickering
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:18:10.529Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-pickering"
name: "William Pickering"
slug: "william-pickering"
description: "William Pickering was an English-born American politician who served as the fifth governor of Washington territory, from 1862 to 1866. He was a member of the Republican Party."
tagline: "Governor of Washington territory (1798-1873)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Pickering.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1798-03-15"
deathDate: "1873-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.602736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ویلیام پیکرینق (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pickering_(Politiker)"
    title: "William Pickering (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pickering_(governor)"
    title: "William Pickering (governor)"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1269215"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump