# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-tong
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:50:44.396Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-tong"
name: "William Tong"
slug: "william-tong"
description: "William Morten Tong is an American lawyer and progressive politician who is the 25th and current Attorney General of Connecticut. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Tong attended Brown University and the University of Chicago Law School. He began his career as an attorney with the law firms Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Finn Dixon & Herling. In 2006, Tong entered politics upon winning election to the Connecticut House of Representatives to represent the 147th district, which includes most of North Stamford. He served six terms in the House from 2007 to 2019. During this period, Tong chaired the banking committee from 2011 to 2015 and the judiciary committee from 2015 to 2019."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Blumenthal_and_William_Tong_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1975"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "williamtongct"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Tong"
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    title: "ویلیام تانگ"
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    title: "Вилијам Тонг"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump