# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-w-sargent
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:38:24.894Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-w-sargent"
name: "Francis W. Sargent"
slug: "francis-w-sargent"
description: "Francis Williams Sargent was an American politician who served as the 64th governor of Massachusetts from 1969 to 1975. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 63rd lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1967 to 1971. In 1969, he became acting governor when John A. Volpe resigned to become Secretary of Transportation under the Nixon Administration. In 1970, he was elected governor in his own right, defeating the Democratic Party's nominee Kevin White. He lost reelection in 1974 to Democrat Michael Dukakis."
tagline: "Governor of Massachusetts (1915-1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Governor_Francis_Sargent.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1915-07-29"
deathDate: "1998-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.688914666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Francis W. Sargent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "فرنسيس سارجنت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "فرنسيس سارجنت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانسیس سارجنت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_W._Sargent"
    title: "Francis W. Sargent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Sargent"
    title: "Francis Sargent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_W._Sargent"
    title: "Francis W. Sargent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscus_Gulielmus_Sargent"
    title: "Franciscus Gulielmus Sargent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Sargent"
    title: "Francis Sargent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441536"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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