Henry George Jr. (November 3, 1862 – November 14, 1916) was an American newspaperman who served two terms as a

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from

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from 1911 to 1915. He was the son of the American political economist

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(1839–1897).

Biography

George was born in

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, and attended the schools there. At the age of sixteen, he started working for a printing office, where he was employed for one year. He moved with his parents to

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in 1880 and worked as a reporter for the ''

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'' in 1881. In 1884, he accompanied his father as his secretary on a lecture tour of Great Britain, at the close of which he joined the staff of the ''London Truth''. He then returned to the United States and joined the staff of the ''

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''. He was then managing editor of the ''Standard'' from 1887 to 1891, a correspondent in

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for a syndicate of western papers in 1891 and a correspondent in England for the same syndicate in 1892. In 1893, George became the managing editor of the ''Florida Citizen'' at

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. He returned to

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in 1895. Upon the death of his father on October 29, 1897, he was nominated to succeed his father as the candidate of the Jefferson Democracy Party for

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, but he was unsuccessful. He married Marie Morelle Hitch (born January 22, 1879 ) from Orleans Parish, Louisiana on December 2, 1897 and was a special correspondent in

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in 1906.

Congress

George was elected as a

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to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1915). However, he was not a candidate for reelection in 1914.

Later career and death

He engaged in literary pursuits until his death in Washington, D.C. and was interred in

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in Brooklyn.

Works

* ''The Life of Henry George'' (1904) *
The Menace of Privilege
' (1905)

References

External links

* * 1862 births 1916 deaths American newspaper journalists Georgists Georgist politicians Brooklyn Eagle Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery Politicians from Sacramento, California Politicians from New York City Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American journalists 20th-century American journalists American male journalists 20th-century American politicians {{NewYork-Representative-stub