# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-d-phelan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:18:05.347Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-d-phelan"
name: "James D. Phelan"
slug: "james-d-phelan"
description: "James Duval Phelan was an American politician, civic leader, and banker who served as the mayor of San Francisco from 1897 to 1902 and as a U.S. senator from California from 1915 to 1921. As mayor he advocated municipally run utilities and tried to protect his constituents from the monopolistic practices of the trusts. In the Senate, Phelan was a progressive supporter of the policies of Woodrow Wilson and was a leader in the movement to restrict Japanese and Chinese immigration to the United States."
tagline: "American politician, United States Senator (1861–1930)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_D._Phelan_-_Mayor_of_SF_1910.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1861-04-20"
deathDate: "1930-08-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.36098133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James D. Phelan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump