# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-r-ratchford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:55:40.300Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-r-ratchford"
name: "William R. Ratchford"
slug: "william-r-ratchford"
description: "William Richard Ratchford was an American politician from Connecticut. He served six terms in the Connecticut House of Representatives, including two as speaker, and three terms in the United States House of Representatives. He was a member of the Democratic Party."
tagline: "American politician (1934-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wm_R._Ratchford.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1934-05-24"
deathDate: "2011-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.67
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.138733333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William R. Ratchford"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Ratchford"
    title: "William R. Ratchford"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Ratchford"
    title: "William R. Ratchford"
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    title: "William R. Ratchford"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466746"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump