Henry George, Jr.

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

Career

Henry George Jr. was born during the Civil War in Sacramento. He attended community schools. At age 16, he began to work in a print shop, where he remained for a year. He retired in 1880 with his parents in the then 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 ( lecture tour) to Britain. At the end, 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 managing editor of the Standard. He worked in 1891 as a correspondent for a syndicate of Western newspapers in Washington DC The following year he worked as a correspondent for the same syndicate England. As Rekationsleiter he worked in 1893 for the Florida Citizen in Jacksonville. He returned in 1895 to New York City back. After his father's death in 1897 he was nominated as his successor as candidate of the Jefferson Democrats for the post of mayor of New York City, but was defeated. In 1906, he was the Special Rapporteur in Japan.

In the congressional elections of 1910 for the 62nd Congress George was in the 17th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Stiles Bennet on 4 March 1911. He was re-elected once. Since he gave up for reelection in 1914, he retired after the March 3, 1915 out of the Congress.

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