# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vernon-wallace-thomson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:28:13.223Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vernon-wallace-thomson"
name: "Vernon Wallace Thomson"
slug: "vernon-wallace-thomson"
description: "Vernon Wallace Thomson was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Richland County, Wisconsin. He served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district from 1961 through 1974. Before his election to Congress, he served as the 34th governor of Wisconsin (1957–1959), 32nd attorney general of Wisconsin (1951–1957), and 56th speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1939–1945). He was also mayor of Richland Center, Wisconsin"
tagline: "American politician (1905-1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vernon_W._Thomson_(WI).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1905-11-05"
deathDate: "1988-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.33
  momentum:             0.2515723270440252
  historical:           7.872534666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Vernon W. Thomson"
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    title: "ورنون والاس تومزون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vernon Wallace Thomson"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_W._Thomson"
    title: "Vernon W. Thomson"
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    title: "ורנון וולאס תומסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Wallace_Thomson"
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    title: "Vernon Thomson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump