# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-welford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:34:59.033Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-welford"
name: "Walter Welford"
slug: "walter-welford"
description: "Walter Welford was inaugurated as the 20th governor of North Dakota on February 2, 1935, after Thomas H. Moodie was removed after it was determined he was ineligible to hold the office. Welford lost the 1936 election to former governor William Langer, and served until the end of his term in January 1937."
tagline: "American politician (1868–1952)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Walter_Welford_1935_Edit.jpg/330px-Walter_Welford_1935_Edit.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1868-05-21"
deathDate: "1952-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.338193333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Walter Welford"
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    title: "والتر ويلفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walter Welford"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Welford"
    title: "Walter Welford"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "월터 웰포드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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