# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-bahnson-stanley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:55:38.205Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-bahnson-stanley"
name: "Thomas Bahnson Stanley"
slug: "thomas-bahnson-stanley"
description: "Thomas Bahnson Stanley was an American politician, furniture manufacturer and Holstein cattle breeder. A Democrat and member of the Byrd Organization, Stanley served in a number of different political offices in Virginia, including as the 47th speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates and as the Commonwealth's 57th governor. He became known for his support of the Massive Resistance strategy to prevent school desegregation mandated by the United States Supreme Court's decisions in Brown v. Board of Education, and Virginia's attempt to circumvent those decisions was known as the Stanley Plan."
tagline: "American politician (1890-1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Bahnson_Stanley_(3x4a).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1890-07-16"
deathDate: "1970-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.612852
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump