# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-elthon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:21:35.176Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-elthon"
name: "Leo Elthon"
slug: "leo-elthon"
description: "Leo Hobson Elthon was the 32nd governor of Iowa from November 21, 1954 to January 13, 1955. Elthon had been elected the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa in November 1952, and filled the unexpired term of Governor William S. Beardsley, who died in office."
tagline: "American politician (1898-1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leo_Elthon.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1898-06-09"
deathDate: "1967-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.670806666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Leo Elthon"
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    title: "لئو التون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Elthon"
    title: "Leo Elthon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Elthon"
    title: "Leo Elthon"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Elthon"
    title: "Leo Elthon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ליאו אלתון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1753609"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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