# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elwood-mead
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:37:37.441Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elwood-mead"
name: "Elwood Mead"
slug: "elwood-mead"
description: "Elwood Mead was an American professor, government official, and engineer known for heading the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) from 1924 until his death in 1936. During his tenure, he oversaw some of the most complex projects the Bureau of Reclamation has undertaken. These included the Hoover, Grand Coulee and Owyhee dams."
tagline: "American academic and politician (1858-1936)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elwood_Mead%2C_1929.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1858-01-16"
deathDate: "1936-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.74
  momentum:             15.12012012012012
  historical:           6.545465333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwood_Mead"
    title: "Elwood Mead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwood_Mead"
    title: "Elwood Mead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwood_Mead"
    title: "Elwood Mead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwood_Mead"
    title: "Elwood Mead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%93"
    title: "אלווד מיד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwood_Mead"
    title: "Elwood Mead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwood_Mead"
    title: "Elwood Mead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709197"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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