{"aliases":[],"awards":[],"biography_summary":"William Hayden English (August 27, 1822 \u2013 February 7, 1896) was an American politician. He served as a U.S. representative from Indiana from 1853 to 1861 and was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1880. English retired from the House in 1861, but remained involved in party affairs. In the American Civil War he was a War Democrat, supporting the Union war effort. As well as pursuing a political career, he was an author and businessman. He owned an opera house, was president of a bank, and developed many residential properties. English was successful in business, and became one of the wealthiest men in Indiana. After nearly two decades in the private sector, English returned to political life as the Democratic nominee for vice president in 1880. English and his presidential running mate, Winfield Scott Hancock, lost narrowly to their Republican opponents, James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur.","birth_date":"1822-08-27","birth_place":"Lexington","birth_place_coordinates":{"latitude":38.6544,"longitude":-85.6453},"birth_place_wikidata_id":"Q3826256","birth_place_wikidata_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3826256","canonical_name":"William Hayden English","canonical_url":"https://es.instaget.online/people/6f381c9770b4732fc8de57fa","citizenships":["United States"],"death_date":"1896-02-07","description":"pol\u00edtico estadounidense","external_ids":{"isni":{"id":"0000000032811693","url":"https://isni.org/isni/0000000032811693"},"loc":{"id":"n89611965","url":"https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89611965.html"},"viaf":{"id":"21282170","url":"https://viaf.org/viaf/21282170/"}},"full_name":"William Hayden English","height_cm":null,"names":{"aliases":["William H. English","William English"],"birth":[],"native":[{"language":"en","source_property":"P1559","value":"William Hayden English"}],"official":[]},"native_name":null,"notable_works":[],"occupations":["politician","lawyer","historian","writer","member of parliament"],"official_websites":[],"photo":{"author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","license":"Public domain","license_url":null,"source":"Wikimedia Commons","source_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WHEnglish_photo.jpg","url":"https://instaget-public-commons.tor1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/public/commons/2be18ba96be75cfe3b0efda6e7966f4eefac07930bfde2e908e36e2eb3dc8608"},"profile_url":"https://es.instaget.online/people/6f381c9770b4732fc8de57fa","provenance":{"catalog":"wikidata_wikipedia","fetched_at":"2026-08-29T06:16:14Z","social_archives_included":false,"source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442044"},"public_hash":"6f381c9770b4732fc8de57fa","schema_version":"1.1","socials":{},"tags":[{"key":"category:arts-and-culture","label":"Arts and culture","type":"category"},{"key":"category:politics-and-public-service","label":"Politics and public service","type":"category"},{"key":"category:science-and-academia","label":"Science and academia","type":"category"},{"key":"category:law","label":"Law","type":"category"},{"key":"occupation:politician","label":"politician","type":"occupation"},{"key":"occupation:lawyer","label":"lawyer","type":"occupation"},{"key":"occupation:historian","label":"historian","type":"occupation"},{"key":"occupation:writer","label":"writer","type":"occupation"},{"key":"occupation:member of parliament","label":"member of parliament","type":"occupation"},{"key":"country:lexington","label":"Lexington","type":"country"},{"key":"citizenship:united states","label":"United States","type":"citizenship"}],"wikidata_id":"Q442044","wikidata_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442044","wikipedia_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hayden_English"}