# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-bates
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:03:46.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-bates"
name: "Jim Bates"
slug: "jim-bates"
description: "Jim Bates is an American former politician who served as a Democratic elected official from San Diego, California. He served four terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991. He was the first congressman to be disciplined for sexual harassment."
tagline: "American elected official"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JimBates.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-07-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.344313333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bates"
    title: "Jim Bates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "جيم بيتس (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "چيم باتيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "جیم بئیتس (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bates"
    title: "Jim Bates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bates_(politician)"
    title: "Jim Bates (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A1"
    title: "ג'ים בייטס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689035"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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