death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor party office birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
may 26 , 1930 san diego , california grant conard illinois charles f. o'neall democratic mayor of san diego c. 1865 14th mdy 1911 5 1 mayor wadham.jpg james e. wadham
 mdy 1913 5 5 james e. wadham
james e. wadham

james e. wadham -lrb- c. 1865 -- may 26 , 1930 -rrb- was an american democratic politician from california .
wadham was born c. 1865 in 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 of san diego from 1911 to 1913 .
he was elected with the help of trade unions .
wadham died in san diego 1930 aged 80 .
