Henry George Jr.

Henry George Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 17th & 21st district
In office March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1915
Preceded by	William S. Bennet Richard E. Connell
Succeeded by	John F. Carew G. Murray Hulbert
Personal details
Born	200px November 3, 1862 Sacramento, California
Died	November 14, 1916 (aged 54) Washington, D.C.
Resting place	200px
Political party	Democratic
Parent	200px

Henry George Jr. (November 3, 1862 – November 14, 1916) was a United States Representative from New York and son of American political economist Henry George (1839–1897).

Biography

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 the US 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 on October 29, 1897, he was nominated to succeed his father as the candidate of the Jefferson Democracy Party for mayor of New York City, but was unsuccessful; he married Marie Morelle Hitch (b. Jan. 22, 1879 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana) on December 2, 1897; special correspondent in Japan in 1906; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1915); 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

• United States Congress. "Henry George Jr. (id: G000126)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.