Henry George, Jr.

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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).

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 4, 1911 - March 3, 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.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by William S. Bennett	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 17th congressional district 1911–1913	Succeeded by John F. Carew
Preceded by Richard E. Connell	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st congressional district 1913–1915	Succeeded by G. Murray Hulbert