# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-merriam
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:11:13.756Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-merriam"
name: "Frank Merriam"
slug: "frank-merriam"
description: "Frank Finley Merriam was an American Republican politician who served as the 28th governor of California from June 2, 1934, until January 2, 1939. Assuming the governorship at the height of the Great Depression following the death of Governor James Rolph, Merriam defeated Democratic nominee Upton Sinclair in the 1934 election. Merriam also served as the State Auditor of Iowa from 1900 to 1903, and served in both the Iowa and California state legislatures."
tagline: "Governor of California (1865-1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_Merriam%2C_portrait_photo_(crop_A).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1865-12-22"
deathDate: "1955-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.28
  momentum:             0.1908127208480566
  historical:           10.31857866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Frank Merriam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانك فينلي مريم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانك فينلى مريم"
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    title: "فرانک مریام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Merriam"
    title: "Frank Merriam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Merriam"
    title: "Frank Merriam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Merriam"
    title: "Frank Merriam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Merriam"
    title: "Frank Merriam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Merriam"
    title: "Frank Merriam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Merriam"
    title: "Frank Merriam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscus_Merriam"
    title: "Franciscus Merriam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Merriam"
    title: "Frank Merriam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q772997"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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