# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-w-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:11:50.486Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-w-benson"
name: "Frank W. Benson"
slug: "frank-w-benson"
description: "Frank Williamson Benson was an American politician, a Republican, and the 12th governor of Oregon from 1909 to 1910. A native of California, Benson also served as educator, a land office clerk, and was twice elected as Oregon Secretary of State. From this position he became governor after sitting governor George Earle Chamberlain resigned to become a United States senator."
tagline: "American politician (1858-1911)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_W._Benson_1910.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1858-03-20"
deathDate: "1911-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.21
  momentum:             1.071428571428571
  historical:           8.737581333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Frank W. Benson"
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    title: "Frank W. Benson (politician)"
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    title: "Frank W. Benson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump