# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-a-blakley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:08:50.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-a-blakley"
name: "William A. Blakley"
slug: "william-a-blakley"
description: "William Arvis \"Dollar Bill\" Blakley was an American politician and businessman from the state of Texas. Blakley was part of the conservative wing of the Texas Democratic Party. He served twice as an interim United States Senator, appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy until his successor could be duly elected. He served first in 1957 after the resignation of Price Daniel and again in 1961 after the resignation of Lyndon B. Johnson."
tagline: "American politician (1898–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SenBlakley(T-TX).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1898-11-17"
deathDate: "1976-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.41
  momentum:             8.404255319148936
  historical:           10.54140266666667
  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