# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-joseph-welch
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:44:59.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-joseph-welch"
name: "Richard Joseph Welch"
slug: "richard-joseph-welch"
description: "Richard Joseph Welch was an American county clerk and politician. He sat in the United States House of Representatives for 12 terms from 1926 to 1949, serving a district in San Francisco, California. Before this, Welch had been a state senator. As of 2025, he is the last Republican to represent San Francisco in the House."
tagline: "American politician (1869-1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Joseph_Welch_(California_Congressman).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1869-02-13"
deathDate: "1949-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.805148
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%8A._%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B4"
    title: "ريتشارد جي. ويلش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B4"
    title: "ريتشارد جوزيف ويلش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Welch"
    title: "Richard J. Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Welch"
    title: "Richard J. Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Welch"
    title: "Richard J. Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139164"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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