# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rienzi-melville-johnston
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:34:54.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rienzi-melville-johnston"
name: "Rienzi Melville Johnston"
slug: "rienzi-melville-johnston"
description: "Rienzi Melville Johnston was an American journalist and politician. He edited the Houston Post from 1885 to 1919, and served a 29-day term in the United States Senate in January 1913 after the resignation of Joseph Weldon Bailey. His term remains the fifth shortest in Senate history. Johnston was a member of the Texas Senate from 1917 to 1920, and also its President pro tempore from 1918."
tagline: "American politician (1849-1926)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RienziMJohnston.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: "1849-09-09"
deathDate: "1926-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.560000000000001
  historical:           7.874118666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "رینزی ام. جانستون"
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    title: "Rienzi Melville Johnston"
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    title: "Rienzi Melville Johnston"
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    title: "رینزی ام. جانستون"
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    title: "רינזי ג'ונסטון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump