# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-barnett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:49:02.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-barnett"
name: "Frank Barnett"
slug: "frank-barnett"
description: "Frank Elliott Barnett was the governor of American Samoa from October 1, 1976, to May 27, 1977. Before becoming governor, he was a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and a Tennessee attorney. He served as the first lieutenant governor of American Samoa for two years prior to his governorship. While Governor, a number of Samoans signed a petition accusing him of abusing local officials; others signed a counter-petition supporting him, and the charges were eventually dropped. This arose from his firing of Mere Betham, a native who had been serving as Samoan Director of Education, an action he defended as necessary to improve education on the island, but others decried as racist; Barnett reinstated Betham one week after dismissing her."
tagline: "Governor of American Samoa (1933–2016)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1933-07-20"
deathDate: "2016-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.469006666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Barnett"
    title: "Frank Barnett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "فرانك بارنت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "فرانك بارنيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Barnett"
    title: "Frank Barnett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Barnett"
    title: "Frank Barnett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Barnett"
    title: "Frank Barnett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3672606"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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