# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hardin-richard-runnels
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:05:22.706Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hardin-richard-runnels"
name: "Hardin Richard Runnels"
slug: "hardin-richard-runnels"
description: "Hardin Richard Runnels was an American politician. He was the sixth governor of Texas for one term and notably was the only person to ever defeat Sam Houston in a political contest. Houston defeated him two years later."
tagline: "American politician (1820-1873)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hardin_runnels.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1820-08-30"
deathDate: "1873-12-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "هاردین ریچارد رونلس"
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    title: "Hardin Richard Runnels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hardin Richard Runnels"
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    title: "הרדין ריצ'רד ראנלס"
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    title: "Hardin Richardus Runnels"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump