# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-clifford-townsend
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:42:15.894Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/m-clifford-townsend"
name: "M. Clifford Townsend"
slug: "m-clifford-townsend"
description: "Maurice Clifford Townsend was an American politician and the 35th governor of Indiana from 1937 to 1941. During his term, he led relief efforts during and after the Great Flood of 1937."
tagline: "American politician (1884-1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M._Clfford_Townsend_(Indiana_governor).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1884-08-11"
deathDate: "1954-11-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.673434666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "M. Clifford Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%85._%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "إم. كليفورد تاونسند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ام. کلیفورد توونزند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Clifford_Townsend"
    title: "M. Clifford Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Clifford_Townsend"
    title: "M. Clifford Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E._%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%98%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93"
    title: "מ. קליפורד טאונסנד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1253886"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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