# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-pitt-lynde
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:58:35.020Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-pitt-lynde"
name: "William Pitt Lynde"
slug: "william-pitt-lynde"
description: "William Pitt Lynde was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for three terms, representing Milwaukee and southeast Wisconsin in the 30th, 44th, and 45th congresses. He also served as the 12th mayor of Milwaukee, and, prior to Wisconsin statehood, he served as United States attorney and attorney general of the Wisconsin Territory. He was a co-founder of the law firm now known as Foley & Lardner, one of the oldest active law firms in the country."
tagline: "American politician (1817–1885)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Pitt_Lynde_(Wisconsin_Congressman)_(3x4a).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1817-12-16"
deathDate: "1885-12-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.470842666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ويليام پيت ليند"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pitt_Lynde"
    title: "William Pitt Lynde"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pitt_Lynde"
    title: "William Pitt Lynde"
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    title: "William Pitt Lynde"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump