# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-watson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:35:06.354Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-watson"
name: "Albert Watson"
slug: "albert-watson"
description: "Albert William Watson was an American politician, a Democrat-turned-Republican state and U.S. representative from South Carolina. He is best known for his losing 1970 campaign for governor of South Carolina, which has been described as the last high-profile, openly segregationist campaign in American politics."
tagline: "South Carolina lawyer and politician (1922–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albert_W._Watson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1922-08-30"
deathDate: "1994-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.73
  momentum:             11.00817438692098
  historical:           5.481210666666667
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "آلبرت واتسون (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "ألبرت واتسون (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "البرت واتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A8%EB%B2%84%ED%8A%B8_%EC%99%93%EC%8A%A8_(%EC%82%AC%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4%EC%BA%90%EB%A1%A4%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EB%82%98_%EC%A0%95%EC%B9%98%EC%9D%B8)"
    title: "앨버트 왓슨 (사우스캐롤라이나 정치인)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_William_Watson"
    title: "Albert William Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Watson_(South_Carolina_politician)"
    title: "Albert Watson (South Carolina politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2639063"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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