# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melvin-laird
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:18:27.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melvin-laird"
name: "Melvin Laird"
slug: "melvin-laird"
description: "Melvin Robert Laird Jr. was an American politician, writer and statesman. A member of the Republican Party, he served a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 representing Wisconsin's 7th congressional district before serving as United States Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. Laird was instrumental in forming the administration's policy of withdrawing U.S. soldiers from the Vietnam War; he coined the expression \"Vietnamization,\" referring to the process of transferring more responsibility for combat to the South Vietnamese forces. First elected in 1952, Laird was the last living former U.S. representative elected to the 83rd Congress at the time of his death and the last living representative to have served during the presidency of Harry Truman."
tagline: "20th-century American politician (1922–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melvin_Laird_official_photo.JPEG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1922-09-01"
deathDate: "2016-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump