# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roger-d-branigin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:28:26.503Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roger-d-branigin"
name: "Roger D. Branigin"
slug: "roger-d-branigin"
description: "Roger Douglas Branigin was an American politician who was the 42nd governor of Indiana, serving from January 11, 1965, to January 13, 1969. A World War II veteran and well-known public speaker, Branigin took office with a Democratic general assembly, the first time since the Great Depression that Democrats controlled both the executive and legislative branches of the Indiana state government. Branigin was a conservative Democrat who oversaw repeal of the state's personal property taxes on household goods, increased access to higher education, and began construction of Indiana's deep-water port at Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan. During his one term as governor, Branigin exercised his veto power one hundred times, a record number for a single term. Branigin was the last Democrat to serve as governor of Indiana until Evan Bayh took office in 1989."
tagline: "Governor of Indiana (1902–1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roger_D._Branigin_(IN).png?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: "1902-07-26"
deathDate: "1975-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.344781333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump