# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-lee-doughton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:07:34.692Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-lee-doughton"
name: "Robert Lee Doughton"
slug: "robert-lee-doughton"
description: "Robert Lee \"Bob\" Doughton, of Alleghany County, North Carolina, sometimes known as \"Farmer Bob\", was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina for 42 consecutive years (1911–1953). A Democrat originally from Laurel Springs, North Carolina, he was the dean of the United States House of Representatives for his last few months in Congress. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Carolina. In the 1930s Doughton was a key player in the creation of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the passage of the Social Security Act."
tagline: "American politician (1863-1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Lee_Doughton_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1863-11-07"
deathDate: "1954-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.281390666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Robert L. Doughton"
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    title: "روبيرت لى دوجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روبرت ال. دوقتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "רוברט דוטון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Doughton"
    title: "Robert L. Doughton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lee_Doughton"
    title: "Robert Lee Doughton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260497"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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