Henry George Jr.

Henry George Jr. (November 3, 1862 – November 14, 1916) was an American newspaperman who served two terms as a United States representative from New York from 1911 to 1915.

Henry George Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1915
Preceded by	William S. Bennet
Succeeded by	G. Murray Hulbert
Constituency	17th district (1911–13) 21st district (1913–15)
Personal details
Born	November 3, 1862 Sacramento, California, US
Died	November 14, 1916 (aged 54) Washington, D.C., US
Political party	Democratic

He was the son of the American political economist Henry George (1839–1897).

Biography

George was born in Sacramento, California, 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 Brooklyn in 1880 and worked as a reporter for the Brooklyn Eagle 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 North American Review. He was then managing editor of the Standard from 1887 to 1891, a correspondent in Washington, D.C. 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 Jacksonville, Florida.

He returned to New York City 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 mayor of New York City, but he was unsuccessful. He married Marie Morelle Hitch (born January 22, 1879. She is Caroline Takamine Beach's younger sister.^[1]) from Orleans Parish, Louisiana on December 2, 1897^[2] and was a special correspondent in Japan in 1906.

Congress

George was elected as a Democrat 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 Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.^[3]

Works

• The Life of Henry George (1904)
• The Menace of Privilege (1905)