# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-vandergriff
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:02:17.755Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-vandergriff"
name: "Tom Vandergriff"
slug: "tom-vandergriff"
description: "Tommy Joe Vandergriff  was a politician from Texas. He served as Mayor of Arlington from 1951 to 1977, as a U.S. Representative from Texas's 26th congressional district from 1983 to 1985, and as County Judge of Tarrant County from 1991 to 2007. For the greater part of his life, Vandergriff was a Democrat, but he became a Republican around 1990."
tagline: "Politician and businessman (1926-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Vandergriff_Feb._1983_Ninety-Eighth_Congress_Pictorial_Directory.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-01-29"
deathDate: "2010-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.81
  momentum:             3.624733475479744
  historical:           6.356337333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Tom Vandergriff"
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    title: "توم ڤانديرجريف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توم واندرقریف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Vandergriff"
    title: "Tom Vandergriff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Vandergriff"
    title: "Tom Vandergriff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A3"
    title: "טום ונדנגריף"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Vandergriff"
    title: "Tom Vandergriff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547107"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump