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James Duval Phelan (April 20, 1861 – August 7, 1930) was an American politician, civic leader, and banker. He served as nonpartisan Mayor of San Francisco from 1897 to 1902. As mayor he advocated municipally run utilities and tried to protect his constituents from the monopolistic practices of the trusts.
Aug 28, 2013 · A wealthy mayor of San Francisco and U.S. Senator representing California, James D. Phelan (1861–1930) was also one of the leaders of the second wave of anti-Japanese agitation that culminated in the ending of Japanese immigration to the U.S. through the Immigration Act of 1924 .
James Duval Phelan, January 4, 1897 -- January 8, 1902. Born in San Francisco in 1861, he grew up Catholic, studied at St. Ignatius College (now the University of San Francisco), and traveled extensively in Europe as a child and young man.
James Duval Phelan was an American politician, civic leader, and banker. He served as nonpartisan Mayor of San Francisco from 1897 to 1902. As mayor he advocated municipally run utilities and tried to protect his constituents from the monopolistic practices of the trusts.
James D. Phelan, mayor of San Francisco from 1896 to 1902, chairman of the fire relief committee, is in Boston, and has spoken on affairs in his home city.
The donor was former U.S. Senator James D. Phelan, considered by many to be “the foremost citizen of California.”9. Phelan, who received his A.B. degree in 1881, was one of SI’s most famous graduates. Of Phelan’s early days, an 1878 story in the Monitor reports the following: “We attended the literary entertainment … on last Monday ...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7.--Former United States Senator James D. Phelan died this afternoon at his estate, Montalvo, near San Jose, at the age of 69. He had been ill for several weeks.
