# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-y-slack
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:19:32.930Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-y-slack"
name: "William Y. Slack"
slug: "william-y-slack"
description: "William Yarnel Slack was an American lawyer, politician, and military officer who fought for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Born in Kentucky, Slack moved to Missouri as a child and later entered the legal profession. After serving in the Missouri General Assembly from 1842 to 1843, he fought as a captain in the United States Army for fourteen months during the Mexican–American War, beginning in 1846. He saw action at the Battle of Embudo Pass and the Siege of Pueblo de Taos. Returning to a legal career, Slack became influential in his area."
tagline: "Confederate Army general, lawyer and politician (1816-1862)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Engraving_of_William_Y._Slack.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1816-08-01"
deathDate: "1862-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.98
  momentum:             2.586206896551724
  historical:           5.479878666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Y._Slack"
    title: "William Y. Slack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%89._%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ويليام واى. سلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilyam_Y._Slaks"
    title: "Vilyam Y. Slaks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E4%BA%9E%E7%88%BE%E5%85%A7%E7%88%BE%C2%B7%E5%8F%B2%E8%90%8A%E5%85%8B"
    title: "威廉·亞爾內爾·史萊克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Y._Slack"
    title: "William Y. Slack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Yarnel_Slack"
    title: "William Yarnel Slack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8020642"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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