# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/horace-mann-towner
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:36:53.092Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/horace-mann-towner"
name: "Horace Mann Towner"
slug: "horace-mann-towner"
description: "Horace Mann Towner was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa's 8th congressional district and who was appointed the governor of Puerto Rico. In an era in which the federal government's role in health and education was small, he was an early leader of efforts to expand that role."
tagline: "American politician (1855-1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TOWNER%2C_HORACE_M._HONORABLE_LCCN2016858090_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1855-10-23"
deathDate: "1937-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.27
  momentum:             8.891352549889136
  historical:           4.603564
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "هوراس مان تونير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "هورئیس مان توونر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Mann_Towner"
    title: "Horace Mann Towner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_M._Towner"
    title: "Horace M. Towner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Mann_Towner"
    title: "Horace Mann Towner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1627898"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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