# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-mcclurg
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:50:12.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-mcclurg"
name: "James McClurg"
slug: "james-mcclurg"
description: "James McClurg was an American medical doctor and Founding Father who served as a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention which drafted the United States Constitution in 1787. McClurg served as the 18th, 21st, and 24th mayor of Richmond, Virginia. His lifelong friendship with Thomas Jefferson dated from their school days, and he later became friends with James Madison. McClurg, who was a surgeon in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, is believed to have owned a series of slaves over the course of his lifetime."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_McClurg.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1746"
deathDate: "1823-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.86
  momentum:             11.31995540691193
  historical:           7.211304
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E9%BA%A6%E5%85%8B%E9%B2%81%E6%A0%BC"
    title: "詹姆斯·麦克鲁格"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC"
    title: "جيمس مكلورج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McClurg"
    title: "James McClurg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McClurg"
    title: "James McClurg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McClurg"
    title: "James McClurg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0"
    title: "ジェイムズ・マックラーグ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iacobus_McClurg"
    title: "Iacobus McClurg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B3"
    title: "Джеймс Макклюрг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3133670"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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