# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-simon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:31:47.198Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-simon"
name: "Joseph Simon"
slug: "joseph-simon"
description: "Joseph Simon was a German-born politician and attorney in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was born in Bechtheim, Hesse, and his family immigrated to the United States when he was one year old, settling in Portland, Oregon. A Republican, Simon served on the city council before election to the Oregon State Senate. He was later elected to the United States Senate for one partial term, 1898 to 1903. He later served as mayor of Portland for one term, 1909 to 1911. He was also the first Jewish Republican senator."
tagline: "American politician (1851-1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon%2C_Hon._J_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1851-02-07"
deathDate: "1935-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.01
  momentum:             0.6018518518518519
  historical:           8.741577333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Joseph Simon"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Simon_(Politiker%2C_1851)"
    title: "Joseph Simon (Politiker, 1851)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Simon_(politician)"
    title: "Joseph Simon (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوزف سیمون"
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    title: "ג'וזף סיימון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Simon"
    title: "Joseph Simon"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Simon"
    title: "Joseph Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1246133"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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