# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-r-francis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:02:11.802Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-r-francis"
name: "David R. Francis"
slug: "david-r-francis"
description: "David Rowland Francis was an American politician and diplomat. He served in various positions including Mayor of St. Louis, the 27th governor of Missouri, and United States Secretary of the Interior. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Russia between 1916 and 1917, during the Russian Revolution of 1917. He was a Wilsonian Democrat."
tagline: "American politician (1850-1927)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DRFrancis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1850-10-01"
deathDate: "1927-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.51119866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "David R. Francis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump