# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-reynolds-archer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:08:33.484Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-reynolds-archer"
name: "William Reynolds Archer"
slug: "william-reynolds-archer"
description: "William Reynolds Archer Jr. is an American retired lawyer and politician. Archer served two terms, from 1967 to 1971, in the Texas House of Representatives – changing from the Democratic to the Republican party in December 1967 – and later represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican for 30 years, from 1971 until 2001, serving for his last six years as chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Reynolds_Archer_Jr_Official_Photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1928-03-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.231212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Bill Archer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيل ارتشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيل ارتشر"
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    title: "بیل آرچر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Reynolds_Archer_Jr."
    title: "William Reynolds Archer Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Archer"
    title: "Bill Archer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Archer"
    title: "Bill Archer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A6'%D7%A8"
    title: "ביל ארצ'ר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Archer"
    title: "Bill Archer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Archer"
    title: "William Archer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Reynolds_Archer_Jr."
    title: "William Reynolds Archer Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q364679"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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