James E. Wadham

Jim Wadham
Wadham in San Diego YearBook,1912
14th Mayor of San Diego
In office
May 1, 1911 – May 5, 1913
Preceded byGrant Conard
Succeeded byCharles F. O'Neall
Personal details
Born1864
Illinois
DiedMay 26, 1930
San Diego, California
Political partyDemocratic

James Echael Wadham (1864 – May 26, 1930) was an American Democratic politician from California.

Wadham was born in 1864 in Macomb, Illinois, but moved to San Diego, California, around 1870. He was a conservative Democratic attorney who ran for mayor of San Diego in 1903 but was defeated. He ran again a few years later and served as mayor from 1911 to 1913. He was elected with the help of trade unions.