Henry George Junior

Henry George Junior

Henry George junior (born November 3, 1862 in Sacramento , California , † November 14, 1916 in Washington, DC ) was an American newspaperman and politician . Between 1911 and 1915 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry George Jr. was born in Sacramento during the Civil War . He attended community schools. At the age of 16 he started working in a printing company, where he stayed for a year. In 1880 he moved with his parents to the then still independent city of Brooklyn . The following year he was a reporter for the Brooklyn Eagle . In 1884 he accompanied his father as his secretary on a lecture tour to Great Britain . At the end of it he joined the staff of the London Truth . He returned to the United States where he joined the staff of the North American Review . Between 1887 and 1891 he was editor-in-chief of Standard . He worked as a correspondent for a syndicate of Western newspapers in Washington DC in 1891. The following year he worked as a correspondent for the same syndicate in England . In 1893 he worked as editor-in-chief for the Florida Citizen in Jacksonville . He returned to New York City in 1895 . After his father's death in 1897, he was nominated as his successor as a candidate by the Jefferson Democrats for the post of mayor of New York City, but suffered a defeat. In 1906 he was special rapporteur in Japan .

In the 1910 congressional election for the 62nd Congress , George was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington DC in the 17th electoral district of New York , where he succeeded William Stiles Bennet on March 4, 1911 . He was re-elected once. Since he on a run again in 1914 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1915 Congress of.

After his time at the congress he devoted himself to literary work until his death. He died on November 14, 1916 in Washington DC His body was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

Web links

• Henry George junior in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry George junior in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Henry George Junior on The Political Graveyard website