# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-trousdale
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:21:03.895Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-trousdale"
name: "William Trousdale"
slug: "william-trousdale"
description: "William Trousdale was an American soldier and politician. He served as the 13th governor of Tennessee from 1849 to 1851, and was United States Minister to Brazil from 1853 to 1857. He fought under Andrew Jackson in the Creek War, the War of 1812 and the Second Seminole War, and commanded the U.S. Fourteenth Infantry in the Mexican–American War. His military exploits earned him the nickname, \"War Horse of Sumner County.\""
tagline: "American general, Governor of Tennessee and Ambassador to Brazil (1790-1872)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Trousdale-william-portrait1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1790-09-23"
deathDate: "1872-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.3
  momentum:             1.62280701754386
  historical:           7.209540000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вільям Трусдейл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام تروسدال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام تروسدال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Trousdale"
    title: "William Trousdale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Trousdale"
    title: "William Trousdale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C"
    title: "ויליאם טרוסדייל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Trousdale"
    title: "William Trousdale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Trousdale"
    title: "William Trousdale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73679"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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