# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elmer-l-andersen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:56:21.738Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elmer-l-andersen"
name: "Elmer L. Andersen"
slug: "elmer-l-andersen"
description: "Elmer Lee Andersen was an American businessman, philanthropist, and politician who built a successful business career with the H. B. Fuller Company. Andersen was most notably the 30th governor of Minnesota. A self-described progressive Republican, he was a well-regarded politician who passed many social and environmental regulations during his time as governor."
tagline: "Businessman and politician (1909-2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elmer_L._Andersen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1909-06-17"
deathDate: "2004-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.22
  momentum:             15.5514705882353
  historical:           8.750433333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "إلمر إل. أندرسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "المر ال. آندرزن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "المر ال. اندرسن"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_L._Andersen"
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    title: "Elmer Andersen"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump