# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-w-denver
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:07:14.201Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-w-denver"
name: "James W. Denver"
slug: "james-w-denver"
description: "James William Denver was an American politician, soldier, and lawyer. He served in the California state government, as an officer in the United States Army in two wars, and as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from California. He served as secretary and Governor of the Kansas Territory during the struggle over whether or not Kansas would be open to slavery. The city of Denver, Colorado, is named after him."
tagline: "American politician and Union Army General (1817–1892)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GenJohnWDenver_(1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1817-10-23"
deathDate: "1892-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.804721333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James W. Denver"
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    title: "جیمز دبلیو. دنور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_William_Denver"
    title: "James William Denver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Denver"
    title: "James W. Denver"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جیمز دبلیو دنور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_William_Denver"
    title: "James William Denver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Denver"
    title: "James W. Denver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_William_Denver"
    title: "James William Denver"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365789"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump