# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-wirt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:52:27.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-wirt"
name: "William Wirt"
slug: "william-wirt"
description: "William Wirt was an American lawyer, politician and author who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence. The longest-serving attorney general in U.S. history, Wirt also served in the Virginia House of Delegates and was the Anti-Masonic nominee for president in the 1832 election."
tagline: "American author and statesman and United States Attorney General (1772–1834)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Wirt_by_Henry_Inman_(frameless).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1772-11-08"
deathDate: "1834-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.98567733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump