# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clarence-wayland-watson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:25:42.309Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clarence-wayland-watson"
name: "Clarence Wayland Watson"
slug: "clarence-wayland-watson"
description: "Clarence Wayland Watson was a coal mining \"baron\" from West Virginia. Watson organized several coal companies that became the Consolidation Coal and Mining Companies in West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky. Watson was president of the company until 1911, then became its chairman. Later in life, he became President of Elk Horn Coal Company and served as trustee of various corporations, railroads, and banks across the United States."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clarence_Wayland_Watson_from_LOC.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1864-05-08"
deathDate: "1940-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.72
  momentum:             5
  historical:           6.337869333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "کلارنس دبلیو. واتسون"
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    title: "Clarence Wayland Watson"
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    title: "Clarence W. Watson"
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    title: "کلارنس دبلیو. واتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A1_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93_%D7%95%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "קלרנס ויילנד ווטסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_W._Watson"
    title: "Clarence W. Watson"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump