# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ned-mcwherter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:55:25.933Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ned-mcwherter"
name: "Ned McWherter"
slug: "ned-mcwherter"
description: "Ned Ray McWherter was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th governor of Tennessee, from 1987 to 1995. Prior to that, he served as the speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1973 to 1987, the longest tenure as Speaker up to that time. He was a member of the Democratic Party."
tagline: "Governor of Tennessee & Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1930-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ned_R._McWherter_speaking_at_a_ceremony%2C_Dec_17%2C_1988.JPEG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1930-10-15"
deathDate: "2011-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.42
  momentum:             0.7090103397341214
  historical:           7.918866666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ned McWherter"
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  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%85%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ند مکورتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_McWherter"
    title: "Ned McWherter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_McWherter"
    title: "Ned McWherter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_McWherter"
    title: "Ned McWherter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%93_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%A8"
    title: "נד מקוורטר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_McWherter"
    title: "Ned McWherter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_McWherter"
    title: "Ned McWherter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_McWherter"
    title: "Ned McWherter"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q881873"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump