# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-s-hamilton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:30:34.660Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-s-hamilton"
name: "William S. Hamilton"
slug: "william-s-hamilton"
description: "William Stephen Hamilton, a son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, was an American politician and miner who lived much of his life in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory. Hamilton was born in New York, where he attended the United States Military Academy before he resigned and moved to Illinois in 1817. In Illinois, he lived in Springfield and Peoria and eventually migrated to the lead-mining region of southern Wisconsin and established Hamilton's Diggings at present-day Wiota, Wisconsin. Hamilton served in various political offices and as a commander in two Midwest Indian Wars. In 1849, he moved to California during the California Gold Rush. He died in Sacramento, most likely of cholera, in October 1850."
tagline: "American politician and miner (1797–1850)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/William_Stephan_Hamilton.jpg/330px-William_Stephan_Hamilton.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1797-08-04"
deathDate: "1850-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.42
  momentum:             1.163867979154603
  historical:           3.205482666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  68
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A5%D8%B3._%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام إس. هاميلتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%B3._%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام اس. هاميلتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Hamilton"
    title: "William S. Hamilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16066408"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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