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A Biographical History of the Georgist Movement



“The grey heads and bald heads are in the majority. The problem that confronts those of us who want the torch held up in the future, is to fill up the ranks. In order to do that many things must be done, but we must not depend on the old or middle-aged. Somehow or other we must devise a way to reach the minds of the young people – when their minds are open, when they are ready for new truths.”

Mr. Rose, of Kansas City, Missouri (from a speech at the 1928 Henry George Foundation Congress, Chicago. Reprinted in: Land and Freedom, September-October 1928)


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Name Place(s) of Residence Comments
Dobbin,
James T.
California
(San Diego)
  • 1960 - Teacher, Henry George School
Doblin,
Benjamin
New York
(New York)
  • 1910 - Attended Single Tax Conference, New York, NY, November
    1917 - Participated in The Great Adventure conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 13-15 April
Doblin,
Henry
...
  • 1890 - Authored a play, "The Shatchen," and was an active Single Taxer
Dodson,
Edward J.

Photograph
New Jersey
(Cherry Hill)
Doheny,
Joan
New Jersey
(River Vale)
  • 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, July
Dohlin,
Benjamin
New York
(New York)
  • 1904 - Serving as President, Manhattan Single Tax Club
  • 1904 - Letter regarding Henry George, New York Times, 27 December. Quote: "Henry George was never in theory or fact a Socialist. So far was this from the truth that his extreme individualist views ... were the subjects of bitter attack by Socialists during his whole public career."
Dohogne,
Leo
Illinois
(Chicago)
  • 1992 - Serving as Auditor, U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • 1992 - Elected trustee, Henry George School, Chicago
Dolan,
Thomas J.
Ohio
(Cleveland)
  • 1928 - Co-editor, and Publisher, The Ohio Singletaxer
Dolmage,
Edith
Illinois
(Chicago)
  • 1949 - Member, Henry George Woman's Club
Domke,
David
New York
(New York)
  • 198- - Joins staff, Henry George School
  • 1993 - Article, "The Physiocrats: the First Single Taxers," Henry George Newsletter, March/April
  • 1994 - Article, "The south Sea Bubble," Henry George News, January/February and March/April
  • 1995 - Article, "Louis F. Post: Philosopher of Social Science," Henry George News, May/June
  • 1996 - Article, "Paine's Two Revolutions," Henry George News, May/June
  • 1999 - Article, "Reclaiming the Commons: the Diggers and the Covenant of Earth," Henry George News, September-October
Domnick,
Ruth
New York
(New York)
Daughter of Simon Levey, who campaigned for Henry George
  • 1953 - Died, May 25
Domoe,
Earl
Ohio
(Toledo)
  • 1953 - Attended Henry George School conference, Lakeside, Ohio; became Georgist after taking a course in Toledo under Verlin Gordon
  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
  • 1956 - Letters, Henry George News, February, July
Donahue,
Susan S.
New York
(New York)
  • 1952 - Hired as executive secretary at Henry George School
Donahoe,
Thomas J.
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh)
  • 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, Philadelphia
Donaldson,
Grace
New York
(Gowanda)
  • 1927 - Active in Commonwealth Land Party
  • 1930 - Letter, proposing that Georgists support Norman Thomas and Socialists, as Thomas put the public collection of rent at the top of his program, Land and Freedom, January-February
Donaldson,
Harry W.
Illinois
(Chicago)
  • 1931 - Elected to the board of the new Single Tax League
  • 1933 - Book, The Plutocratic Pauper
  • 1936 - Member, Committee on Research
Donaldson,
Oren M.
California
(Hollywood)
  • 18xx - Born, Chicago, Illinois
  • 19xx - Moved to Hollywood, California
  • 19xx - Pamphlet, Common Honesty
  • 19xx - Published Holly Leaves for ten years
  • 1933 - Died, 3 july (age 67)
Donalson,
(Mrs.)
...
  • 1932 - Agreed to serve on the Advisory Committee of the Henry George School, New York
Donlon,
P.H.
Iowa
(Ruthven)
  • 1926 - Letter, regarding farm problems, Land and Freedom, November-December
  • 1927 - Letter, complimenting Land and Freedom, January-February
Donnelly,
Joseph A.
...
  • 1945 - Elected President, Henry George School, Hartford, Connecticut
Donovan,
John J.
Massachusetts
(Lawrence)
  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Lawrence Single Tax Club
Doody,
Patrick
New York
(New York)
  • 1886 - Serving as Chairman of the Henry George Labor party, Third Assembly District. Quote: "He [Henry George] is as good as elected. Fifty thousand votes will put him in office, and the union men alone should poll more than that number..." New York Times, 29 September
  • 1888 - Led the move to expel Henry George from the United Labor Party, May
Dorenkott,
Jim
California
(San Diego)
19-- - Joined staff of Basic Economic Education
1984 - Attended International Union conference, Cambridge, England
1987 - Article, "A World Beyond War Requires Economic Justice," San Diego Newsline, 21 July
1988 - Attended CGO conference, Atlanta
1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
2003 - On staff of Matt Gonzalez, Green Party candidate for mayor of San Francisco
Dorn,
Otto K.
New York
(New York)
(Mt. Vernon)
1896 - Completed economics course in Cleveland taught by Louis F. Post
1910 - Became active in effort to amend Ohio state constitution
1918 - Letter, Everyman, April, in which he wrote: "Here's my bit for The Great Adventure. No receipt -- save the postage."
1920 - Relocated to New York City
1930 - Appointed acting director, Henry George School
1935-1936 - Business manager, Henry George School
193- - Elected trustee, Henry George School
1937 - Serving as Secretary-Treasurer, The Freeman Corp.
1938 - Article, "Dirty Foreigners by an Imaginary Line," The Freeman, December
1941 - Address, "Historical Development of the Henry George School," at Henry George School, 28 March
1945 - Reviewed Gilbert Tucker's book, The Self-Supporting City, in Henry George News, May
1945 - Letter, regarding high fees charged by land owners to trappers in Louisiana, Henry George News, June
1948 - Vice Presient, board of trustees, Henry George School
1954 - Hosted anniversary banquet, New York City
1958 - Died, 29 December, age 83
Doty,
Edward W.
Ohio
(Cleveland)
1912 - Owned and operated a bank; served two terms in the Ohio legislature and as Parliamentarian for the Constitutional Convention of 1912
190x - Active in the Single Tax movement with Tom L. Johnson
Doubleday,
Eben Stillman
New York
(Brooklyn)
  • 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, Philadelphia
  • 1931 - Died, 9 May (age 91)
Doubleday,
Ella T.
New York
(Brooklyn)
1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, Philadelphia
Dougherty,
Wilma
Illinois
(Chicago)
1941 - Secretary to Henry George School Alumni Finance Committee
Douglas,
Paul H.
Illinois 1929 - Address, on "the enlightened currents of thought in American universities," at meeting of the Chicago Single Tax Club, January
19-- - Elected to U.S. Senate
1966 - Appointed by Lyndon Johnson to the National Commission on Urban Problems
1966 - Excerpts, from the minority report of the National Commission on Urban Problems
1966 - retired from U.S. Senate
1970 - Photograph
Dowden,
Palmer J. Page
California
(San Diego)
1960 - Teacher, Henry George School
Dowe,
W.A.
... 1992 - Letter, Georgist Journal, Autumn
Dowell,
R.E.
South Dakota 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Downs,
Anthony

Photograph

... 199- - Appointed Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Doye,
John M.
Colorado
(Denver)
Profession: printer
19xx - Became active in Single Tax movement and provided significant financial support
1927 - Died, 30 September (age 69)
Doyle,
Richard D.
Indiana
(South Bend)
1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (was a state representative at the time)
Drake,
Francis
California
  • 1917 - Editor, The Citizen, Union Labor's organ in Southern California
  • 1917 - Letter, Everyman, October, in which he wrote: "A few of the uninformed may still be confused, but the heart of the people of California, and assuredly the heart and headof Labor, are for The Great Adventure's demand for a free and open earth. Labor is learning that high prices and low wages rest on Land Monopoly."
    1918 - Letter, Everyman, March, in which he wrote: "Labor can be depended upon to support the single tax amendment. We all understand its main feature well enough: we want the land system changed and the earth thrown open to labor."
Drake,
Robert
Illinois
(Chicago)
  • 2003 - Trustee, Henry George School, Chicago
  • 2005 - Prepared a modernized version of Progress and Poverty
  • 2005 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August
  • 2006 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Evanston, IL, July
  • 2006 - Served as primary editor of a modernized edition of Progress and Poverty
  • 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, July
  • 2009 - Died, 12 May
Dressendorfer,
J.E.
Illinois 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Drew,
Daniel V.
---
1930 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, San Francisco
1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Drew,
H.W. (Mrs.)
Iowa
(Manchester)
1945 - Letter accompanying an order for Progress and Poverty, Henry George News, August
Dreyfuss,
Ralph M.
New York
(New York)
1940-1964 - Teacher, Henry George School, NY
1944 - Teaching course on international trade
1953 - Member, S.A.G.E.
1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1964 - Died, October 12
Dubin,
Joseph W. (Prof.)
... 1944 - Address, "The Philosophy of Henry George," to the Philadelphia Rationalist Society, 4 November
DuBois,
Amalia E.
New Jersey
(Glen Ridge)
Sister of Frederick C. Leubuscher; active in National Woman Suffrage Assn.
1929 - Attended International Union conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
1940 - Donated a large quantity of literature to The School of Democracy
1959 - died, age 99
DuBois,
L. (Mrs.)
California
(San Francisco)
1917 - Letter, Everyman, October, in which she wrote: "The Great Adventure is in line with evolution. I believe it will win next time. Are we afraid of practising the Golden Rule?"
DuBois,
S.E. (Miss)
New Jersey
(Bayonne)
1929 - Attended International Union conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
DuBois,
William Bradford
New Jersey
(Bayonne)
18xx - born, Saugerties, New York
1890 - Serving as Chairman, Bayonne Single Tax Committee
1928 - Died, 17 June (age 74)
Dudderar,
Thomas D.
New Jersey 1944 - Taught Science of Political Economy, Dover
Duddon,
Arthur P.
Pennsylvania
(Bryn Mawr)
Profession: Professor of History, Bryn Mawr College
19-- - Book, Joseph Fels and the Single Tax
Duffy,
Clarence E. (Father)
... 1952 - Address, "Not Without Honor" delivered at grave of Henry George, 1 November; printed in Henry George News, December
Duffy,
James
Michigan
(Saginaw)
1890 - Serving as Secretary, Saginaw Single Tax Club
Dunaway,
Samuel W.
California
(San Diego)
1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Duncan,
George H.
New Hampshire
(East Jaffrey)
Massachusetts
(Boston)
  • 1876 - Born, Leominster, Massachusetts, 23 6December; family soon moved to New Hampshire (where his father opened a drug store)
  • 1890s - Attended Amherst College (in 1939 he was awarded an honorary degree)
  • 1904 - Elected Selectman of Jaffrey, NH; duties included property assessment. He began a study of economics on his own, during which he read Henry George's books
  • 1912 - Led the effort to pass initative and referendum, which failed
  • 1925 - Began lecturing in U.S. and Canada for the Henry George Lecture Association, thru 1930
  • 1926 - Candidate for Democratic nomination for Congress and state legislature at the same tiime; re-elected to the New Hampshire legislature
  • 1926 - Elected to the National Advisory Committee of the Henry George Foundation of America
  • 1927 - Address, before the State Normal School of New Jersey, 4 December (650 students attending)
  • 1927 - Address, "Practical Progress in Rational Taxation," at the Henry George Congress, New York, September
  • 1927 - Began speaking tour in November (New Orleans, Los Angeles, British Columbia, Salt Lake City, Denver, Kansas City, etc.)
  • 1929 - Address, on progress toward adoption of the Single Tax, at Chicago Single Tax Club, January
  • 1930 - Participated in the fifth N.E. conference, Boston, 21-23 November
  • 1931 - Referred to in news article, Time magazine; 9 February, as supporting "the old tax-revision program"
  • 19-- - Serving as Secretary, New Hampshire Single Tax League
  • 1935 - Contributed to the founding of the Henry George School, Boston
  • 1936 - Working with Resettlement Administration
  • 1936 - Donated bound volumes of The Public from June 1909 to the final issue in 1919, to the Henry George School, NY
  • 1937 - Taught Henry George class in Peterboro
  • 1937 - Photograph
  • 1938 - Re-elected to the New Hampshire legislature
  • 1949 - Participating in the Henry George Foundation of America Congress, Philadelphia, PA, September
  • 1954 - Book, People, Land and Taxes
  • 1958 - died, September 21
Duncan,
Ina W.
California
(San Diego)
1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Duncan,
Raymond
... 1950 - Article, "On Turning to the Right," Henry George News, January
Dunham,
Howard C.
California
(San Diego)
1917 - Serving as President, San Diego Single Tax Society
Dunham,
Lawrence
Connecticut 1890 - Attended National Conference of Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
duPont,
Francis I.
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)
  • 1931 - Attended Single Tax dinner, where Percy Williams was the main speaker
Durham,
Lucy
California 1928 - Participated in a State Conference for Economic Research, Pasadena, California, 8 July
Dunne,
E.T.
New York
(Binghampton)
19-- - Serving as Secretary, Broome County Single Tax Club
Dunsing,
William J.
New York
(New York)
1954 - Letters, Henry George News, April and July; regarding credit system and money debate
1957 - Member faculty, Henry George School
Dunwiddy,
Priscilla
New York
(New York)
1952 - Began writing column, "The Spirit of Henry George," Henry George News
1953 - Letter, Henry George News, March
duPont,
Antoine B.
OHIO
(Cleveland)
1865 - Born, Louisville (great-grandson of Elenthere Irenee duPont deNemours
18xx - Attended school in Boston
1883 - Under the influence of Tom L. Johnson began to advocate the Single Tax; met Henry George
1885 - Graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York with a degree in civil and electrical engineering
1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
1911 - Became treasurer of the Joseph Fels Fund
1919 - Died, 11 April (after contracting the flu)
duPont,
Biederman
... 1917 - Participated in The Great Adventure conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 13-15 April
duPont,
Francis I.
New York
(New York)
1936 - Exchanged letters with Spencer Heath, 29 June
Duris,
Alex J.
South Carolina
(Greensboro)
North Carolina
(Hendersonville)
1930s - Attended Henry George School conference, New York, NY
1942 - Letter, regarding how to promote Henry George course, The Freeman, October
1945 - Letter, regarding land speculation at the end of war and impact on returning soldiers, Henry George News, May
1956 - Letter, Henry George News, March
1957 - Requested Land and Liberty be sent to local tax collectors and politicians
1987 - Died
Durning,
Alan Thein
(with Yoram Bauman)
... 1998 - Book, Tax Shift, published, Northwest Environment Watch, Seattle
Dutton,
Glen
...
1955 - Article, "The Parent Discipline," Henry George News, May
Duxbury,
Minnie Mackay
California
(San Francisco)
1917 - Letter, in support of The Great Adventure campaign, Everyman, October
Duxbury,
Norman
California
(San Francisco)
1917 - Letter, Everyman, October, in which he wrote: "The Great Adventure bill is not too drastic, but too mild. I want the full rental value demanded. I have no sympathy with the Equity reformers. They only retard."
Dybergh,
Richard
California
(San Francisco)
1918 - Letter, Everyman, March, in which he wrote: "The patriotic argument for the enactment of single tax is timely, true, and will surely win."
Dykstra,
Clarence A.
... 1883 - Born, Cleveland, Ohio
1903 - Graduated, State University of Iowa
1907 - Began teaching U.S. history, then political science
1918 - Began working with municipal reform groups in Cleveland, Chicago, then Los Angeles
1923 - Prof. of municipal administration, University of California
1930 - Appointed city manager, Cincinnati, Ohio
1937 - Appointed President, University of Wisconsin
1944 - Resigned from the University of Wisconsin
1942 - Met with Margaret Bateman of the Henry George School to discuss conducting Henry George classes over the university's College of the Air
1950 - Died, 7 May
Dyson,
Bert
Minnesota
(St. Paul)
1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Dyson,
Elizabeth
Minnesota
(St. Paul)
1989 - Attended Joing Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Dyson,
R.F.
... 19-- - Article, Land Rnet, Chapter VI from a book not yet identified
Dyson,
Sam
... 1955 - Serving as President, Fairhope Single Tax Corp.