# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-aaron-westervelt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:22:08.964Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-aaron-westervelt"
name: "Jacob Aaron Westervelt"
slug: "jacob-aaron-westervelt"
description: "Jacob Aaron Westervelt was a renowned and prolific shipbuilder who constructed 247 vessels of all descriptions during his career of over 50 years. From 1853 until 1855 he was Mayor of New York City."
tagline: "Mayor of New York City (1800–1879)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob_Aaron_Westervelt2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1800-01-20"
deathDate: "1879-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.55
  momentum:             1.232876712328767
  historical:           5.677142666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Jacob Aaron Westervelt"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Aaron_Westervelt"
    title: "Jacob Aaron Westervelt"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Aaron_Westervelt"
    title: "Jacob Aaron Westervelt"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump