# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/terry-sanford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:33:36.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/terry-sanford"
name: "Terry Sanford"
slug: "terry-sanford"
description: "James Terry Sanford was an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford served as the 65th governor of North Carolina from 1961 to 1965, was a two-time U.S. presidential candidate in the 1970s, and served as a U.S. senator from 1986 to 1993. He was a strong proponent of public education and introduced several reforms and new programs in North Carolina's schools and institutions of higher education as the state's governor. From 1970 to 1985, Sanford served as the president of Duke University."
tagline: "65th governor of North Carolina (1917–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Terry_Sanford.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1917-08-20"
deathDate: "1998-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.15601866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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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