# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sumner-welles
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:04:49.636Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/sumner-welles"
name: "Sumner Welles"
slug: "sumner-welles"
description: "Benjamin Sumner Welles III was an American government official and diplomat. He was a major foreign policy adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as Under Secretary of State from 1937 to 1943, during Roosevelt's presidency."
tagline: "American government official and diplomat (1892-1961)"
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birthDate: "1892-10-14"
deathDate: "1961-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump