# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-herseth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:14:34.631Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-herseth"
name: "Ralph Herseth"
slug: "ralph-herseth"
description: "Ralph E. Herseth was the 21st governor of South Dakota from January 6, 1959, to January 3, 1961. He was a Democrat and was the patriarch of the prominent Herseth family of South Dakota."
tagline: "Governors of South Dakota (1909-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ralph_Herseth.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1909-07-02"
deathDate: "1969-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.91
  momentum:             1.294117647058824
  historical:           6.343701333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Herseth"
    title: "Ralph Herseth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Herseth"
    title: "Ralph Herseth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%AA"
    title: "رالف هرزت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Herseth"
    title: "Ralph Herseth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Herseth"
    title: "Ralph Herseth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Herseth"
    title: "Ralph Herseth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A3_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%AA'"
    title: "ראלף הרסת'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q882912"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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