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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
Packard,
Leslie F.
California
(Hollywood)
1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Padelford,
C.R.
...
Profession: Dentist
Padelford,
F. Mason
Massachusetts
(Fall River)
Profession: physician
19-- - Graduated, Boston College
1910 - First read Progress and Poverty
194- - Pamphlet, presenting a complete summary of the Georgist philosophy, published
1942 - Article, Economics of Democracy, The Freeman, December-March
1943 - Economics of Democracy, Part 2, The Freeman, January
Padelford,
Hubert C. (Dr.)
Massachusetts
(Falls River)
Profession: Dentist
1942 - Visited Henry George School in New York, NY
1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
Page,
B.E.
Illinois 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Page,
Edwin K.
Massachusetts,
Worcester
1890 - Serving as Secretary, Single Tax League of Worcester
Palliser,
Melvin
New York
(New York)
1903 - Chairman, Executive Committee, Henry George Committee of One Hundred
Palmer,
Courtlandt
New York
(New York)
1843 - Born, 25 March, New York
1869 - Graduated Columbia University Law School
188- - Founded the Nineteenth Century Club to promote "free thought" and served as its first President
188- - Became acquainted with Henry George and involved in the Single Tax movement
1888 - Died
Palmer,
Ernest U.
California
(Chula Vista)
1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
Palmer,
James
California
(Chula Vista)
1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA,
1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
1961 - Instructor, Henry George School
1961 - Elected to board, Henry George School, San Diego, CA
196- - Elected President of the board, Henry George School
1969 - Died, July
Palmer,
William J.
Michigan
(Detroit)
California
(Chula Vista)
1940 - Served as Extension Secretary, Henry George School, Detorit
1942 - Participated in "Wake Up, America" radio discussion on "Taxation and Social Progress" with economist Alfred P. Haake, 5 May
1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
Palmieri,
Rose
California
(Los Angeles)
1952 - Joined faculty, Henry George School
Palmquist,
Elim A.E. (Rev.)
... 1940 - Member, Henry George School advisory council
Palzin,
Ernest
Illinois
(Chicago)
1940 - Instructor, Henry George School
Panzner,
Max
New York
(New York)
19-- - Graduated Hunter College
1999 - Teacher, HGS, NY
Papadeas,
Apostolos
New York
(New York)
195- - Professor, Toronto University
1953 - Taught course, "Modern Economic Thought," Henry George School
Papini,
Rose
California
(San Francisco)
1951 - Instructor, Henry George School
1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Parker,
Foxhall A.
Texas,
(Weimar)
1953 - Letter, Henry George News, October
1960 - Letter, Henry George News, November
1964 - Delivered talk on money, Temple University, Philadelphia (following HGS conference, NYC)
1967 - Died, May
Parker,
George W.
California 1966-67 - Serving as President, Henry George School
Parker,
Rufus S.
Nebraska
(Omaha)
1890 - Serving as President, Omaha Single Tax Club
Parker,
Wayne
Mississippi
2002 - Candidate for U.S. Congress
Parkhurst,
Ursa
California
(Los Angeles)
1958 - Instructor, Henry George School
1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Paske,
Gerald

Photograph
... 200x - Photograph
Passieu,
Louis E.
... 1939 - Letter, confirming his role as charter member of the Anti-Poverty Society. He writes: "... and I assure you that I have not lost interest in the Single Tax on land values. I read The Freeman as part of my religion." The Freeman, January
Pastoriza,
J.J.
Texas
(Houston)
1904 - Interviewed by the Houston Chronicle, 23 October
1911-1915 - Served as Finance and Tax Commissioner; attempted to introduce Georgist taxation to the city.
Patten,
Simon N.
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)
Professor, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
189- - Article, "Another View of the Ethics of Land Tenure," published
Patermo,
Joseph t.
New Jersey
198- - Paper, "A Taxation Policy to Encourage Economic Development and to Revitalize New Jersey's Urban Centers" [unpublished]
Paton,
William A.
Michigan
(Ann Arbor)
1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
Patterson,
Adah (Dr.)
California
(Edendale)
1917 - Letter, Everyman, October, in which he wrote: "The Fresno Socialist Convention sincerely meant to endorse the full Single Tax. If 'something just as good' was put over on it, those responsible will find that Socialists voters are not pussy-footers. The Equity reformers lack a sense of humor when they claim Socialist support for a measure that would forbid us to raise revenue from land values for our old-age pensions, mothers endowments, and disability and disemployment indemnity bills."
Patterson,
Colorado Owner of The Rocky Mountain News
19-- - Elected to U.S. Senate
1912 - Worked on Initiative & Referendum effort
Patsakos,
Peter
New York
(New York)
Physician and long-time Henry George Institute instructor. Introduced to Henry George's ideas as a student of Robert Clancy
1961 - Vice President, Justice Party
1961 - Attended Henry George School conference, Hartford, Connecticut
1963 - Letter, proposing a reduction in the capital gains tax rate, Henry George News
1963 - Taught Henry George course at the Marianist Fathers university in Averquipa, Peru
1964 - Letter, Henry George News, August
1965 - Article, "Servant or Bureaucrat?" Henry George News, June
1965 - Letter, Henry George News, November
1966 - Attended Henry George School conference, St. Louis, Missouri
1992-93 - Article, "Improving Capitalism," Georgist Journal, Winter
2003 - Died, 30 October
Paul,
F.A.
New York
(Syracuse)
1890 - Serving as President, Syracuse Single Tax Club
Paul,
Max
California
(Stockton)
1917 - Letter, Everyman, October, in which he wrote: "All the Singletaxers here that I know are for the One Tax on land values and no other tax. There are no trimmers here. We are not afraid."
Paulin,
Wayne
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh)
1911 - Active Single Taxer; Secretary, Single Tax Club of Pittsburgh
Paulino,
Elias (Rev.)
New York
(New York)
1942 - Born, Dominican Republic
1987 - Emigrated to U.S.
1994 - Joins faculty, Latin American Affairs department, Henry George School
1994 - Teaching Fundamental Economics in Spanish
1997 - Died, February 18
Pausch,
Max
California
(San Francisco)
1950 - Joins faculty, Henry George School
1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
1966 - Died
Pazinick,
Steve
...
1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Peabody,
George Foster
... 1852 - Born, (Columbus, Georgia, 27 July
1866 - Family moved from Georgia to Brooklyn, New York
1880 - Read Henry George's Progress and Poverty and became advocate
1881 - Became a partner in a mercantile firm, Spencer Trask & Co.
1884 - Became trustee, Hampton University (Virginia)
1904 - Served as Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee
1914 - Served on board of directors of New York Federal Reserve
1923 - Purchased the Warm Springs, Georgia property and set up the rehab center visited by Franklin Roosevelt
1938 - Died, 4 March
Peach,
Paul
New York
(New York)
California
(Santa Monica)
1930s - Completed courses at Henry George School and then appointed Assistant Director under Frank Chodorov
1938 - Article, "The Problem of Tax Delinquency," The Freeman, September
1939 - Article, "Land Value," The Freeman, May
1939 - Article, "Let's Pass A Law About It," The Freeman, July
1940 - Article, "Footnote on a Forbidden Paradise," The Freeman, May
1940 - Article, "Hunger Problem Solved," The Freeman, June
1940 - Address, "The Money Problem," at Long Island Forum, 4 June
1940 - Article, Freedom of Speech, The Freeman, November (an address delivered at Columbia University)
1940 - Article, "The Sugar Act of 1937 -- Sweetening the Monopoly Pot," The Freeman, Decmeber
1941 - Serving as Assistant Editor, The Freeman
1940s - Associate Professor of Statistics, North Carolina State College
1941 - Article, The Slums of Sydney, The Freeman, January
1941 - Article, Decline and Fall of the Pay Envelope, The Freeman, June
1941 - Article, "Who Knows About Money," The Freeman, December
1942 - Article, Who Knows About Money, The Freeman, January
1942 - Review of the book, Basic Principles of Economics, by Harry Gunnison Brown. The Freeman, March
1942 - Article, The Nature and Causes of Interest, The Freeman, September
1942 - Article, There Is No Interest, as response by Mitchell Lurio to Paul Peace. The Freeman, October
1964 - Letter to Joseph Stockman, in which he wrote:

"We have long since ceased to be active in the Georgist movement: not because we have less esteem for the ideas of Henry George, but because we have felt the movement was more of a personal cult than a scientific effort. I have been wondered whether mankind deserves or even wants economic freedom, and the more so during recent years, when the political trend seems to be more and more toward government control and away from individual freedom: this even in the USA, let alone other countries with no tradition of personal freedom."
Peacock,
Dan
New York
(Auburn)
1890 - Serving as President, Auburn Single Tax Club
Pearson,
Ruth
Minnesota
(Minneapolis)
1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
1979 - Active in Citizens League of Minneapolis
Peary,
Clara
Nebraska
(Omaha)
1939 - Member, Executive Committee, Henry George Fellowship
Peck,
Martin E.
...
1942 - Article, "Pensions and Land Ownership," The Freeman, March
Pedder,
D.C. (Col.)
... 1908 - Pamphlet, Henry George and his Gospel, published
Peele,
David
North Carolina
(Montreat)
1979 - Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
Peele,
H. Vaughn
Ohio
(Springfield)
1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
Peele,
William
North Carolina
(Montreat)
1976 - First introduced to ideas of Henry George
Peelle,
H. Vaughn
Ohio
Florida
(Sun City)
Member, Henry George Institute
1950 - took HG course, taught by Verlin D. Godron
1954 - Co-chair of Ohio Annual Conference, Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio
19-- - Moved to Florida
1986 - Died, April 18
Peirce,
William S.
Ohio
(Gates Mill)
1986 - Article, Land Reform in the Real World, Land & Liberty, January-February
1990 - Make Tax Abatement General, GroundSwell, March-June
2007 - Elected to the board, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
2007 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, July
Pellegrini,
Casimir J.
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh)
1939 - Instructor, Henry George School
Pence,
H.L.
California
1890 - Attended National Conference of Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
Pendleton,
(Captain)
Pennsylvania
(Beaver County)
19-- - Active in Single Tax movement
Pendleton,
Joseph H.
California
(San Diego)
Profession: military officer; rank of major-general, U.S. Marine Corp.
1860 - Born, Pennsylvania
1878 - Entered U.S. Naval Academy
1924 - Retired from military
1930s - One of founders of Henry George School, San Diego
1942 - Died, 5 February, age 81
Penley,
Howard
Massachusetts
(Boston)
1943 - Letter, challenging William Rinkenbach's interpretation of the socialist program in the U.S., Henry George News, September
PENNSYLVANIA FAIR TAX COALITION Pennsylvania
(Bala Cynwyd)
198s - Established, Jacob Himmelstein, Director
PENNSYLVANIA SINGLE TAX PARTY Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)
19-- - Located at 1515 Arch Street; James A. Dix, Secretary
Pensack,
Richard
California
(San Francisco)
New Jersey
(Irvington)
1974 - Hired by Henry George School as staff assistant and to edit the Analyst
1975 - Left Henry George School employment
1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania


Pensack,
Yisroel
California
(San Francisco)
1995-96 - Letter, Fragments, Winter
1995 - Letter, Illinois Georgist, Fall
Pentecost,
Hugh O. (Rev.)
New Jersey
(Newark)
1887 - Address, Anti-Slavery and Anti-Poverty before the New York Anti-Poverty Society, 19 June. Reprinted in The New Abolition, September 1939, Vol.1, No.9
1887 - Endorsed Henry George's program: "For my part it is clear that Henry George is in the straight moral position, and since the great body of humanity always end in doing what is right, the time will probably come when all rents will go to the government." New York Times, 7 February
1890s - Photograph
PEOPLE'S TAX PROGRAM FOR MASSACHUSETTS ...
1940 - Luncheon meeting held in Boston to plan action to advance Henry George's ideas; Francis g. Goodale, Chairman
Pepoon,
Percy
Missouri
(St. Louis)
1890 - Active in single tax movement
Peppe,
Enrico
Florida
(Holder)
2004 - Established website, The Third Way
Pereira,
Wilbur E.
California
(Los Angeles)
1961 - First took course at Henry George School
1965 - Letter, Henry George News, November
1967 - Article, "Citizen Capitalized," Henry George News, April
1969 - Attended Henry George School conference, Chicago, Illinois
1973 - Attended International Union conference, Isle of Man, September
1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
1982 - Attended International Union conference, Utrecht, Holland
1988 - Died, November 26, age 76
Perkins,
Josesph B.
Illinois 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Perna,
Louis N.
California
(San Diego)
Formerly of Newark, New Jersey
1954 - Resigns from Henry George School, New Jersey board; moved to San Diego, California
1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
1960 - Teacher, Henry George School
Pernod,
Alexander
Illinois 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Perrini,
Joseph J.
...
1939 - Address, "Economic Causes for Anti-Semitism," to Loyal Fellows, Steinway Hall, NY, 17 October
Perry,
Arthur Latham
...
1830 - Born
1852 - Graduated from Williams College
1853 - Taught political economy at Williams College, remaining on the faculty until 1891
1866 - Book, Elements of Poliical Economy, first published; 22 editions published thru 1895
1905 - Died
Perry,
C.F.
Illinois
(Quincy)
1890 - Serving as President, Gem City Single Tax Club
Perry,
H.
New York
(Syracuse)
1890 - Serving as Secretary, Syracuse Single Tax Club
Pestoff,
A.
New Jersey
(Westfield)
1943 - Instructor, Henry George School; taught classes in Westfield
Peterson,
Jaffray
New York
(Bellmore)
1890s - First began active support of Henry George's ideas
1944 - Letter, recalling statement by Henry Ward Beecher, Henry George News, February
Peters,
Edward T.
District of Columbia 1898 - Article, "Memorandum in Relation to 'A Criticism of the Single Tax' by Newton M. Taylor," in the special edition of Equity Series on "The Land Question from Various Points of View," Vol.1, No.2, pp.223-230
1898 - Article, "John Stuart Mill's Plan of Land Reform," in the same publication as above,pp.231-246
Peterson (Graham),
Violetta
New York
(New York)
Massachusetts
(Nagog Woods)
1902 - Born, England (Kidderminster)
1936 - Joined staff, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation as executive secretary
1942 - Article, Louis F. Post: Defender of Human Rights, The Freeman, July
1942 - Report, on visits to colleges across the United States, discussing teaching of Henry George, Land and Freedom, September-October
1949 - Delivered report on Robert Schalkenbach Foundation at International Union conference, Swanwick, England
1952 - Article, "Man and His Land," Henry George News, April
1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
1952 - Article, "Tak for Alt -- Denmark," Henry George News, September
1953 - Article, "Land Value Taxation: A World Survey," Henry George News, September
1954 - Article, "Progress and Poverty Lasts," Henry George News, August
1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
1955 - Address, "The Land to the Tiller," delivered at International Union conference, Scotland, August; printed in Henry George News, October
1957 - Article, Arthur Wilhelm Madsen, Henry George News, May
1957 - Article, "Developing a Georgist Movie," Henry George News, August
1958 - Photograph
1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
1958 - Article, "The Torches Are Lit," Henry George News, September
1959 - Exec. Secretary, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1959 - Attended International Union conference, Hanover, West Germany
1959 - Article, Pathways to land Reform, Henry George News, October
1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
1960 - Article, "Land ... and Space to Grow," Henry George News, December
1961 - Attended Henry George School conference, Hartford, Connecticut
1967 - Attended Henry George School conference, Montreal, Quebec; July
1967 - Remembrance, "Bell Tolls for a Hero (Sid Evans)," Henry George News, April
1973 - Participated in panel on teaching methods, Conference on the Property Tax, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; co-sponsored by the Henry George School and the Schools of Economic Science; 4-7 July
1973 - Attended International Union conference, Isle of Man, September
1977 - Retired from Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
1989 - Died, November 21, age 87 (Boca Raton, Florida)
1990 - Remembrance, by Richard Noyes, GroundSwell, January-February
Petry,
Edward J.
Missouri
(Kansas City)
193- - Completed Henry George course
1939 - Died, October
Pettengill,
Samuel B.
... 1952 - Article, "The End of the Trail," Henry George News, July
Pettigrew,
R.F.

Statue of Pettigrew

Photograph
South Dakota
(Sioux Falls)
1848 - Born, Vermont
1854 - Family moved to Wisconsin
1869 - Came to Dakota Territory as part of a land surveying party; then returned to finish studies at Wisconsin Law School
1880 - Elected as delegate to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory
1889 - Elected to U.S. Senate in same year as South Dakota became a state (served until 1901)
1891 - Advocated the Single Tax
1917 - Letter, printed in Everyman, October 1917, regarding the division within the Single Tax movement over the campaign for a land tax in California to fund all public goods and services:

I am in full sympathy with The Great Adventure campaign -- is it is the real thing. The substitute offered by James and his followers will not command support, and I know they have no trade with the Socialists, and what they want is to found the work on false principles. How any singletaxer can have anything to do with them is beyond my comprehension.

Tax reform has been tried since the days of Ham Arabbie who announced it in a code of laws of Babylor 2300 years before Christ. But the Single tax (another name for free land) is of more recent origin and there is but one form of it.

1922 - Book, Chapters from Imperial Washington (published in Chicago, by Charles H. Kerr & Co.)
1997 - Biography, Echoes of November: the Life and Times of Senator R.F. Pettigrew of South Dakota, by Wayne Fanebust
Pfeffer,
M.
... 1939 - Article, "Gold in Them Thar Swamps," (with M. Fixel) The Freeman, March
1939 - Article, "They Profit by Our Toil," (with M. Fixel) The Freeman, May
1939 - Article, "The Fair: Speculator's Paradise," The Freeman, June (written with M. Fixel)
Phelps,
Editha
Illinois
(Chicago)
1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Phelps,
Edwin
... 1951 - Article, Laissez Faire in History -- Fact and Fiction, Henry George News, October
1952 - Address, "Economics and Religion," delivered 27 May
Phelps,
G.H.
Colorado
(Denver)
1890 - Serving as President, Denver Single Tax Association
Phifer,
Robert S.
Virginia Profession: lawyer
1914 - In Mississippi, developed Georgist program called "The Great Adventure"
1918 - Letter, Everyman, March, in which he wrote: "I am heart and soul for the Single Tax as advocated by Henry George and heart and soul in favor of the Single Tax campaign as waged by The Great Adventure in California. They are masterful tactitians out there. I believe they will win this time -- they surely will if we give them our unstinted support."
PHILADELPHIA SINGLE TAX SOCIETY
... 1895 - Initiated Single Tax campaign in Delaware
19-- - Located at 1515 Arch Street; Frederick W. Rous, Secretary
1917 - Resolutions passed to support "a revival of the spirit of Henry George in their courageous demand that the land be restored to the people," 1 March
Phillips,
James E.
New York
(New York)
1961 - Teacher, Henry George School, NY
Philpot,
Albert
Texas
(Saint Jo)
1890 - Active in single tax movement
Picchetti,
Gloria
Illinois
(Chicago)
2006 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Evanston, IL, July
Pick,
Jeffrey
Maine
(Brunswick)
1966 - Attended Henry George School conference, St. Louis, Missouri
1974 - Helped to organize the Sam Ely Community Land Trust in Maine
Pierce,
William S.
... 1983 - Article, "El Salvador's Land Problems," Chicago Tribune, 9 March
1990 - Article, "Make Tax Abatement General," A Heartland Perspective, February 15 (Heartland Institute)
Pieton,
Annie
Illinois 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Piggin,
Julia R.
New York
(Long Island City)
1967 - Attended Henry George School conference, Montreal, Quebec; July
1969 - Letter, Henry George News, April
Pilgrim,
Mae
California
(San Diego)
1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Pinchon,
Edgcumb
...

1917 - Serving as Associate Editor, Everyman
Pingree,
Hazen S.
Michigan
(Detroit)
1890 - Became Mayor of Detroit; supported assessment reform
1896- Elected Governor of Michigan
Pinson,
Don
Nevada
(Las Vegas)
1985 - Director, Incentive Tax League of Nevada
1986 - Ran for assessor or Clark County
Piper,
Marian Larson
Wisconsin
(Stoughton)
1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Pirkner,
Herbert P.
California
(Sacramento)
1952 - Began teaching Henry George course
Pirouzan,
Amir
California
(San Diego)
1983 - Attended CGO conference, Goleta; provided written critique of Georgist movement to Floyd Morrow
1985 - Paper, "Computers in Education," presented at CGO conference, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1985 - Developing computer-based Henry George course for B.E.E.
Pitcher,
A.O. (Dr.)
Iowa 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Pitman,
Alfred B.
Tennessee
(Memphis)
Profession: judge
Pitman,
Elva
California
(La Mesa)
1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Pittman,
A.B. (Judge)
... 1931 - Proposed having the 1932 Henry George Congress in Memphis, TN
1932 - Chaired Henry George Congress, Memphis

The Judge's talk was an admirable statement: "The question is often asked," he said, "how do you propose to give men jobs? We do not propose to give anybody a job. We propose to take away the policeman that stands between the man and the job. What we advocate is to free the earth. When we hold conventions it is to tell people who come what we are after. Let us confine our discussions to preaching the quaity of opportunity."
Plank,
Laurance Robbins
Missouri
(St. Louis)
1942 - Minister, The First Unitarian Church; devoted the church bulletin of 25 January to quotations from works of Henry George. Sermon was, "Philosophy and Religion of Henry George"
Platkin,
Helena
...
1941 - Article, Teaching Henry George by Correspondence, The Freeman, January
1942 - Article, "Truth Is Where You Find It," The Freeman, October
Platkin,
Isidore
New York
(Brooklyn)
1938 - Address, "Economic Causes for Anti-Semitism," at the Williamsburg Community Center, 30 November
1939 - Article, "Allocable Receipts -- New Name," The Freeman, July
1940 - Article, "Mirage: Social Security Taxes," The Freeman, July
1940 - Address, "An Economist Views the Tax Problem," at the Henry George School, 27 October
1940 - Article, Infernal Revenue: 1940 Style, The Freeman, December
1941 - Address, "The Budget and You," at Henry George School, 21 March
Platt,
Chester O.
New York
(Batavia)
Publisher of Batavia Times
1926 - Attended International Conference, Copenhagen
1932 - Paper, "The Relation of the Single Tax to Other Reform Movements," at Henry George Congress, Memphis
Pleace,
H.L.
California
(San Francisco)
1890 - Serving as President, California Single Tax Society
Pleydell,
Albert
... 1944 - Address, on disposal of surplus war materials, Henry George News, 19 November
1960 - Photograph
Pleydell,
Arthur C.
... 1929 - Served on board, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
1934 - Elected to executive committee, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
1959 - Vice President, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
1960 - Article, "New Chance for New York City's Slums," Henry George News, June
1960 - Elected President, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
1970 - Died, November 1
Pleydell,
... 192- - Elected trustee, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
Plourd,
(Mrs.)
Connecticut
(Hartford)
1944 - Elected Secretary, Henry George Fellowship
Plummer,
Albert W.
Maine
(Lisbon)
Profession: Physician
Served in Maine legislature for 3 terms
1919 - State chairman, Maine Single Tax Party
1959 - Died, age 90, July
Poelker,
John H.
Missouri
St. Louis
1914 - Born
1953 - St. Louis City Assessor
1973 - Elected Mayor of St. Louis
197- - Honorary Director, PREC
1985 - Speaker, CGO conference, St. Louis, Missouri
1990 - Died, February 9
Pogovitch,
P.
New York
(New York)
1967 -Attended Henry George School conference, Montreal, Quebec; July
Polak,
Edward
New York
(New York)
1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, Philadelphia
Pollard,
Harry

(see also U.K. for earlier biographical information)
California
Los Angeles
1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1961 - Served as volunteer director of Henry George School in Pittsburgh
1961 - Succeeds William Truehart and Robert Andelson as director of the newly combined Henry George School of Southern California (leaving Toronto)
1961 - Attended Henry George School conference, Hartford, Connecticut
1961 - Photograph
1962 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
1964 - Photograph with Vic Blundell
1966 - Attended Henry George School conference, St. Louis, Missouri
1967 - Attended Henry George School conference, Montreal, Quebec; July
1969 - Attended Henry George School conference, Chicago, Illinois
1970 - From a promotional brochure, The InterStudent Mini-Course Program: Endorsements
1971 - Address, The Laws of Ecology, delivered before the First Unitarian Society of Sacramento (reprinted in Henry George News, March)
1973 - Participated in panel on teaching methods, Conference on the Property Tax, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; co-sponsored by the Henry George School and Schools of Economic Science; 4-7 July
1973 - Paper, Classical Analysis of Political Economy, presented at IU conference, Isle of Man, September (reprinted in Henry George News, September)
1973 - Paper, Reconstruction of Henry George -- The Sequel, Teaching Economics as a Science, The Good Society
1973 - Paper, The Classical Analysis of Political Economy ... The Reconstruction of Henry George, presented at the International Union conference, Isle of Man, September
1974 - Article, "Wash Out Your Mouth," Insight, November-December
1975 - Paper, Price Mechanism Anomalies: Why the Market Allows the Business Cycle to Occur
1976 - Article, "The Free Market of Henry George," Fragments
1976 - Report, Movement on the Move, A Plan for a Coherent and Cooperative Georgist Movement distributed
1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
1977 - Paper, Land Use Patterns: Influence on Transport -- Why the Market Fails to Control Land Prices, American Association for Advancement of Science, June
1978 - Photograph with Sam Venturella
1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
1978 - Paper, The Nature of Present 'Rights', presented at the meeting of the Pacific Division, AAAS; 15 June
1979 - Begins publication of "The Good Society" as newsletter of the Henry George School
1979 - Paper, "The Great Oil Shoot-Out: Landlord Against Capitalist," Henry George News, May
1979 - Paper, "Our First 150,000: the InterStudent High School Program," presented at Joint Georgist conference, San Francisco, CA, August
1979 - Article, The Free Market of Henry George, Fragments, 1976-79
1980 - InterStudent: A Progress Report, 30 April
1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, New York, NY
1980 - Update on the InterStudent System, June
1980 - Paper, Land Speculation and Ecology, presented to the Annual Meeting, Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Davis, CA, June
1981 - Commentary, The Demonstration Scam, 30 June
1981 - Article, A Response to the Rothbardian Criticism of Henry George, The Good Society, August-September
1982 - Paper, The Reconstruction of Henry George: Teaching Economics as a Science, presented at International Union conference, Utrecht, Holland
1983 - Article, Our Natural Rights, The Good Society, May
1984 - Attended CGO conference, Pawling, NY
1984 - Elected to Internatinal Union Executive
1986 - Paper, "The Case for Free Trade," a modular speech prepared for use by members of The Alumni Group, July
1987 - Article, "Trading With the Japanese," San Diego Newsline, 21 July
1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA
1992 - Article, Pollard's Brilliant Free Trade Speech
1993 - Paper, People, Homes, Forests and Owls, InterStudent Review, September
1993 - Paper, The Immigration Smoke Screen, InterStudent Review, September
1999 - Posting, Teaching Ethics, Land-Theory, 18 December
199- - Article, Interstudent: Learning About Political Economy
1999 - Posting, Is Henry George's Political Economy Scientific? Land-Theory, March
1999 - Posting, Rent and Land Value,Land-Theory, January
2000 - Posting, McConnell, Rent, Say's Law, etc., 29 March
2000 - Posting, We Have Contractual, Not "Natural" Rights, Land-Theory, June
2000 - Posting, The Brilliance of Henry George, Land-Theory, 8 May
2000 - Posting, Does Gold Really Matter?, Land-Theory, 9 May
2000 - Posting, Money as a Measure of Value, Land-Theory, July
2000 - Posting, Precious Medals: Purchased Privilege, Land-Theory, 29 March
2001 - Posting, DDT, Land-Theory, 26 April
2001 - Posting, Land (as a factor of production) Defined, Land-Theory, 20 July
2001 - Posting, Austrian Theory and Land, Land-Theory, 3 September
2001 - Posting, Jean Baptiste Say Was Right, Land-Theory, 3 September
2001 - Posting, The Dynamic Law of Rent, Land-Theory, August
2001 - Essay, Teaching Political Economy, Henry George Institute Faculty Lounge, 5 November
2002 - Dialogue, On the Distinction Between Land Value and Rent, Land-Theory, 11 February
2002 - Posting, The Meanings of Economic Rent, Land-Theory, 19 September
2002 - Essay, Privilege: The Enemy of Liberty, Good Society
2002 - Article, Economics Texts: Old and New, Land-Theory discussion, December
2003 - Land-Theory posting, More onthe Use of Terms in Political Economy, 25 September
2004 - Posting, Success Strategies for Teaching Henry George, at the Land-Theory discussion list, 20 February
2004 - Forward to a new, abridged edition of Henry George's book, The Science of Political Economy
2004 - Posting, Some Thoughts on Money, on Land-Theory, 1 October
2005 - Article, The Impact of Economic Rent on Markets, Land-Theory discussion, 20 June
2005 - Article, What is Poverty? Land-Theory discussion, 20 August
2005 - Article, Arguments Against the Planned Economy, Land-Theory discussion, 21 September
2005 - Update on the InterStudent Program, 20 September
2006 - A Closer Look at the Definitions of Market Failure, Land-Theory, 28 February
2006 - The Three Different Senses of Land Value, Land-Theory, February-March
2006 - The Classical Analysis Story, interviewed by Ed Dodson, September-October
2006 - Comments, Taxing Bads, Taxing Rents, Taxing Land Values, posted to the Land-Cafe discussion list, 25 November
2007 - Essay, Do Taxes on Labor and Capital Reduce Location Rent?, posted on the Land-Cafe discussion group, 31 January
2007 - Commentary, Teaching Basic Elements of Political Economy, posted to the Land-Cafe discussion list, 8 March
2007 - Lead discussion on "The Reconstruction of Henry George" at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, July
2008 - Commentary, Rent and its Calculation, Land-Cafe discussion forum, 31 January
Pollay,
George
California 1890s - Becomes active Single Taxer
1895 - Wrote to E.B. Gaston in favor of Fairhope colony; later migrated to Fairhope
Pomeroy,
Edgar C.
California
(San Francisco)
1930s - Teacher, Henry George courses
1941 - Address, "Don't Let the War Stop You," at Henry George Fellowship meeting, 7 December
1944 - Letter, proposing writing of a Georgist "populat" novel, Henry George News, December
1949 - Served on board, Henry George School of Northern California
1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
Porter,
Charles H.
... 1916 - Serving as Second Vice President, Massachusetts Single Tax League
Porter,
Mary Marvin
California
(San Francisco)
1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
Porter,
Steve
Washington 1994 - Supported Meta Heller's candidacy for the Washinton State Senate
Posnack,
Emanuel R.
... 1951 - Book, World Without Barriers published
1956 - Article, "Tradable Goods -- New Horizons," Henry George News, June
Post,
Charles Johnson
... Son of Louis F. Post
Profession: journalist

1910 - Book, Little War of Private Post: Spanish-American War Seen Up Close, Cover
1918 - Served as secretary to Rep. Henry George, Jr.
1926 - Paper, A Blueprint for the Program of the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
1927 - First President, American Association for Scientific Taxation
19xx - Foreign correspondent for the New York World, United Press and Harper's Magazine
1942 - Address, regarding his father, Louis F. Post, at the American Alliance to Advance Freedom meeting, New York
1947 - Article, "Our Battle Line," Henry George News, May.

Quote: "It is a compliment to be asked to disagree. It is even more of a compliment when one is asked to disagree, perhaps, with those with whom one shares a fundamental and a great philosophy of life and economics. ...I am not a devout and sentimental believer in Henry George; I am simply one of those who cannot escape from his keen intellectual analysis and the economic principles from which his logic offers no escape. ...We must become a living part of the issues and forces of our own day. ...Our obligation is to train leadership, to work with and within human associations. One cannot shape life by recoiling from it."

1951 - Excerpt, How New York Solved Its Housing Crisis from a larger work
1951 - Letter, Henry George News, November
19-- - Trustee, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
1956 - Pamphlet, How New York Solved its Housing Crisis, reprinted in 1984
1956 - Died, 25 September
Post,
Louis F.

What Is The Single Tax?

Photograph

Biography
Louis F. Post: Philosopher of Social Science

Reflections on by Emma Goldman (1931)
New York
(New York)
1849 - Born, New Jersey, 15 November
1865 - Read Paine's Age of Reason
1870 - Admitted to New York bar
1871 - Married anna Johnson, 6 July
1880 - Published criticism of Henry George's writings that led to meetings with George
1881 - Chief editorial writer, Truth
1882 - Elected President, Free Soil Society (New York City)
1887 - Co-authored pamphlet, Henry George's 1886 Campaign, with Fred C. Leubuscher
1890 - Serving as President, Manhattan Single Tax Club
1890 - Attended National Conference of Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
1894 - Book, Outlines of Louis F. Post's Lectures, provided online at the Wealth and Want website
189- - Pamphlet, Institutional Causes of Crime, National Single Tax League
1897 - Working for Cleveland Recorder
189- - Appointed editor, The Standard
1899 - Article, Trampling Upon Patriotic Ideals, The Public, 28 January
1901 - Article, A Personal Study in Civic Ethics, The Mirror. Reprinted in The Public, 8 February 1902
1902 - Article, An Economic Exploration, The Public, 22 November
1903 - Book, The Ethics of Democracy, published
1903 - Article, Child Labor, The Public, 16 May
1904 - Book, The Prophet of San Francisco, published
1906 - Book, Ethical Principles of Marriage and Divorce, published
1908 - Photograph, with Tom L. Johnson and Ben T. Cable in Chicago
1910 - Participated in the Single Tax Conference, New York, NY, November
1910 - Book, Social Service, reviewed in The New Age, 15 September, p.472:
"The book has not yet been written which adequately describes America. Mr. Wells has not quite achieved success. No American has yet produced a book on America in the least worth while. Mr. Henry James will never write the reat work on the meaning of the Nietzschean nation, for he has been too completely de-yanked for that. Mr. Louis F. Post will not write it, for he is very Yank of very Yank, garrulous, cocksure, and intolerably conceited. The book of his, "Social Service," contains 361 pages of argument mainly about Henry George and the Single Tax: quite half of it is the veriest padding. The book is written as a series of conversations between Mr. Post and an extraordinary inarticulate doctor (for the gentlemen never opens his mouth monce during the course of the 361 pages)."
1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
19-- - Appointed editor, The Public
1913 - Appointed to cabinet of Woodrow Wilson as Undersecretary of Labor
1913 - Photograph
1920 - Resolution to impeach him as Assistant Secretary of Labor introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives for failing to "rid the contry of alien reds."
1926 - Book, What Is The Single Tax, published. Excerpt, On Tariff Fallacies
1927 - Book, the Basic Facts of Economics, published
1928 - Died, 10 January
1929 - Book, The Basic Facts of Economics, W.M. Ballantine & Sons
Postel,
Sandra
... 1990 - Article, Toward A New "Eco"-Nomics, WorldWatch Magazine, September-October
1991 - Article, Accounting for Nature, WorldWatch Magazine, March-April
Potter,
Louis B.
New York
(New York)
1942 - Entered military service
1944 - Instructor, Henry George School; taught course on international trade
Potter,
Neal
District of Columbia 1960 - Organized the Citizens Committee for Fair Taxation, formed to block legislation designed to give farmers a tax break
Potter,
Stephen
California
(San Francisco)
1870s - Secretary to Henry George at The Evening Post
1915 - Delegate to Single Tax Convention, San Francisco
1930 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, San Francisco
1939 - Address, [topic unknown] at Henry George Centenary celebration, San Francisco, 31 August
Potts,
Thomas G.
Pennsylvania
(Shenandoah)
1890 - Serving as Secretary, Shenan