# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-otis-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:24:47.708Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-otis-sr"
name: "James Otis Sr."
slug: "james-otis-sr"
description: "James Otis Sr. (1702–1778) was a prominent lawyer in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. His sons James Otis Jr. and Samuel Allyne Otis also rose to prominence, as did his daughter Mercy Otis Warren. He was often called \"Colonel James\" because of his military rank and also to distinguish between him and his famous son. He was a stalwart member of the Popular Party, as was his son, in Boston, Massachusetts."
tagline: "American politician and lawyer (1702–1778)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James-otis-1-large.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1702"
deathDate: "1778"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.01
  momentum:             3.955342902711323
  historical:           3.075882666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  68
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جيمس أوتيس سينيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جيمس اوتيس سينيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Otis_Sr."
    title: "James Otis Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6140687"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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