# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-pettus-hobby-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:21:23.696Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-pettus-hobby-jr"
name: "William Pettus Hobby, Jr."
slug: "william-pettus-hobby-jr"
description: "William Pettus Hobby Jr. is an American politician who served a record eighteen years as the 37th lieutenant governor of Texas, from 1973 to 1991. He was the last lieutenant governor to serve a two-year term and the first elected to a four-year term, following the amendment to the Texas Constitution that lengthened terms for statewide elected officeholders to four years, effective with the 1974 elections."
tagline: "American politician; Texas Lieutenant Governor, 1973-1991"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_P._Hobby_Jr..jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1932-01-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.27
  momentum:             7.513114346968877
  historical:           7.2441
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ويليام بي هوبي جونيور"
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    title: "ویلیام پی. هوبی.جی."
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    title: "William P. Hobby Jr."
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_P._Hobby_Jr."
    title: "William P. Hobby Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_P._Hobby_Jr."
    title: "William P. Hobby Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хобби, Уильям Петтус (младший)"
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    title: "William P. Hobby Jr."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump