Henry George, Jr.

Infobox_Congressman
name=Henry George, Jr.


state=New York
district=17th & 21st
term=March 41911 - March 31915
preceded=William S. Bennet
Richard E. Connell
succeeded=John F. Carew
G. Murray Hulbert
date of birth=November 31862
place of birth=Sacramento, California
date of death=November 141916
place of death=Washington, D.C.
spouse=
profession=
religion=
party=Democrat|

Henry George, Jr. (November 31862 - November 141916) was a United States Representative from New York and son of American political economist Henry George (1839 - 1897).

Born in Sacramento, California, attended the common schools; at the age of sixteen entered a printing office where he was employed for one year; moved with his parents to Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1880; reporter on the Brooklyn Eagle in 1881; in 1884 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; returned to this country and joined the staff of the North American Review; managing editor of the Standard 1887 - 1891; served as correspondent in Washington, D.C., for a syndicate of Western papers in 1891; correspondent in England for the same syndicate in 1892; in 1893 became managing editor of the Florida Citizen at Jacksonville; returned to New York City in 1895; on the death of his father in 1897 was nominated to succeed him as the candidate of the Jefferson Party for mayor of New York City, but was unsuccessful; special correspondent in Japan in 1906; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 41911 - March 31915); was not a candidate for reelection in 1914; engaged in literary pursuits until his death in Washington, D.C., his interment is in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.

External links

*

Persondata
NAME=George, Henry Jr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=American politician
DATE OF BIRTH=November 3, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH=Sacramento, California
DATE OF DEATH=November 14, 1916
PLACE OF DEATH=Washington, D.C.