# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/orville-freeman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:48:40.631Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/orville-freeman"
name: "Orville Freeman"
slug: "orville-freeman"
description: "Orville Lothrop Freeman was an American politician who served as the 29th governor of Minnesota from 1955 to 1961, and as the U.S. secretary of agriculture from 1961 to 1969 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He was one of the founding members of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party and influential in the merger of the Minnesota Democratic and Farmer-Labor parties. Freeman nominated Kennedy for president at the 1960 Democratic National Convention."
tagline: "American politician (1918-2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Orville_L._Freeman%2C_Secretary_of_Agriculture_(1961-1969).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1918-05-09"
deathDate: "2003-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.50025466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Orville Freeman"
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    title: "Orville Freeman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Orville Freeman"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump