# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/preston-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:03:21.098Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/preston-smith"
name: "Preston Smith"
slug: "preston-smith"
description: "Preston Earnest Smith was an American entrepreneur and politician who served as the 40th governor of Texas from 1969 to 1973. A conservative member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 35th lieutenant governor from 1963 to 1969."
tagline: "Governor of Texas (1912-2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Governor_Preston_Smith.jpg?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: "1912-03-08"
deathDate: "2003-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.6
  historical:           12.059508
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Preston Smith (governor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Smith_(Texas)"
    title: "Preston Smith (Texas)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Смит, Престон"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump