# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-scollay-whitney
# Generated: 2026-09-01T06:08:00.262Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-scollay-whitney"
name: "James Scollay Whitney"
slug: "james-scollay-whitney"
description: "James Scollay Whitney was an American business executive and politician. He was the father of Henry Melville Whitney and William Collins Whitney who became successful entrepreneurs in their own right."
tagline: "American business executive and politician (1811–1878)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Scollay_Whitney.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1811-05-19"
deathDate: "1878-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           1.543665333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  64
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scollay_Whitney"
    title: "James Scollay Whitney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6142849"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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