# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-wilkins-q718718
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:32:52.307Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-wilkins-q718718"
name: "William Wilkins"
slug: "william-wilkins-q718718"
description: "William Wilkins was an American judge and politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Jacksonian member of the United States Senate from 1831 to 1834 and as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1843 to 1844. He served as a member of both houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, United States Minister to Russia and the 19th United States Secretary of War."
tagline: "United States federal judge (1779-1865)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Wilkins_United_States_Senator_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1779-12-20"
deathDate: "1865-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump