# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buford-ellington
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:58:58.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buford-ellington"
name: "Buford Ellington"
slug: "buford-ellington"
description: "Earl Buford Ellington was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of Tennessee from 1959 to 1963, and again from 1967 to 1971. Along with his political ally, Frank G. Clement, he helped lead a political machine that controlled the governor's office for 18 years, from 1953 to 1971."
tagline: "American politician (1907-1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pentecost-johnson-ellington-gore-ornl.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1907-06-27"
deathDate: "1972-04-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.95
  momentum:             2.538461538461538
  historical:           7.224624
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "بافورد إلينغتون"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buford Ellington"
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    title: "Buford Ellington"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump