VANESSA BATTAGLIA: Will Navy Secretary Phelan Create A Belt-Tightening Playbook For The DOD?
The F-47 , Golden Dome , and other defense plans are great. They are arguably needed. But these lustrous initiatives stand in stark contrast to the lurking reality that has Congressional members arguing pointlessly in…
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About James D. Phelan
James Duval Phelan was an American politician, civic leader, and banker who served as the mayor of San Francisco from 1897 to 1902 and as a U.S. senator from California from 1915 to 1921. As mayor he advocated municipally run utilities and tried to protect his constituents from the monopolistic practices of the trusts. In the Senate, Phelan was a progressive supporter of the policies of Woodrow Wilson and was a leader in the movement to restrict Japanese and Chinese immigration to the United States.
Everything about James D. Phelan →- Occupation
- politician, businessperson
- Position held
- United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, mayor of San Francisco
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 20, 1861
- Died
- August 7, 1930