# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruby-laffoon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:00:50.023Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruby-laffoon"
name: "Ruby Laffoon"
slug: "ruby-laffoon"
description: "Ruby Laffoon was an American attorney and politician who served as the 43rd governor of Kentucky from 1931 to 1935. A Kentucky native, at age 17, Laffoon moved to Washington, D.C., to live with his uncle, U.S. Representative Polk Laffoon. He developed an interest in politics and returned to Kentucky, where he compiled a mixed record of victories and defeats in elections at the county and state levels. In 1931, he was chosen as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee by a nominating convention, not a primary, making him the only Kentucky gubernatorial candidate to be chosen by a convention after 1903. In the general election, he defeated Republican William B. Harrison by what was then the largest margin of victory in Kentucky gubernatorial history."
tagline: "American politician (1869–1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruby_Laffoon_Portrait.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1869-01-15"
deathDate: "1941-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.61
  momentum:             10
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 144
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump