# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-mitchell-q2642689
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:41:17.379Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-mitchell-q2642689"
name: "Alexander Mitchell"
slug: "alexander-mitchell-q2642689"
description: "Alexander Mitchell was a Scottish-American immigrant, banker, railroad financier, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a major contributor to the early economic development of the city of Milwaukee and was president of the Wisconsin Marine and Fire Insurance Company Bank and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. He also served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing southeast Wisconsin from 1871 to 1875. He commissioned and is the namesake of the historic Mitchell Building in downtown Milwaukee."
tagline: "Wisconsin politician and railroader (1817–1887)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_Mitchell_(Wisconsin_Congressman)_(3x4a).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1817-10-17"
deathDate: "1887-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.43
  momentum:             4.972802991670916
  historical:           6.346761333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Alexander Mitchell"
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    title: "الكسندر ميتشيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الكسندر ميتشيل"
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    title: "آلزاندر میچل (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mitchell_(Politiker)"
    title: "Alexander Mitchell (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mitchell_(Wisconsin_politician)"
    title: "Alexander Mitchell (Wisconsin politician)"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mitchell"
    title: "Alexander Mitchell"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump