# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ruffin-cox
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:45:14.941Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ruffin-cox"
name: "William Ruffin Cox"
slug: "william-ruffin-cox"
description: "William Ruffin Cox was an American soldier and politician from the state of North Carolina. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1887, and Secretary of the Senate from 1893 to 1900."
tagline: "American soldier and politician (1832-1919)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_R._Cox_(3x4_a).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1832-03-11"
deathDate: "1919-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.13
  momentum:             0.975609756097561
  historical:           4.8081
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ويليام روفين كوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام روفين كوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ruffin_Cox"
    title: "William Ruffin Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ruffin_Cox"
    title: "William Ruffin Cox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Кокс, Уильям Раффин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1148999"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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