# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-w-hooper
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:07:18.436Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-w-hooper"
name: "Ben W. Hooper"
slug: "ben-w-hooper"
description: "Ben Walter Hooper, was an American politician who served two terms as the 31st governor of Tennessee from 1911 to 1915. Elected as a Fusionist candidate, he was one of just three Republicans to hold the office from the end of Reconstruction to the last quarter of the 20th century. His success was due to divisions in the state Democratic Party over prohibition; he received support from some of the party. During his two terms, Hooper signed several prohibition laws, enacted a measure requiring mandatory school attendance, and signed a law requiring direct pay for women workers."
tagline: "Lawyer and Tennesssee politician (1870-1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hooper-ben-by-bain.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1870-10-13"
deathDate: "1957-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.23
  momentum:             2.249488752556237
  historical:           7.021564
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 236
sources:
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    title: "بین ڈبلیو ہوپر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بين دبليو. هوپير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بن دبلیو. هوپر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_W._Hooper"
    title: "Ben W. Hooper"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_W._Hooper"
    title: "Ben W. Hooper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A8"
    title: "בן הופר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_W._Hooper"
    title: "Ben W. Hooper"
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    title: "Ben W. Hooper"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816624"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump