# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-butler-ogden
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:02:57.656Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-butler-ogden"
name: "William Butler Ogden"
slug: "william-butler-ogden"
description: "William Butler Ogden was an American politician and railroad executive who served as the first Mayor of Chicago. He was referred to as \"the Astor of Chicago.\" He was, at one time, the city's richest citizen.\nHe brought the Galena & Chicago Union RR out of insolvency and was its first president in 1847.\nHe created the Chicago & North Western Railway from the failed remains of the Chicago, St.Paul, Fond du Lac and was its first president in 1859.\nHe spearheaded the 1st transcontinental railroad as the Union Pacific and was its first president in 1862, although he relinquished that position due to poor health."
tagline: "American politician (1805-1877)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WBogden.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1805-06-15"
deathDate: "1877-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.55
  momentum:             0.7682926829268293
  historical:           7.231788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Ogden"
    title: "William B. Ogden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام بتلر أوغدن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%DB%8C._%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "ویلیام بی. اوقدن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Butler_Ogden"
    title: "William Butler Ogden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Ogden"
    title: "William B. Ogden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Butler_Ogden"
    title: "William Butler Ogden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Butler_Ogden"
    title: "William Butler Ogden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Огден, Уильям Батлер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295380"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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