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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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United States
Name Place(s) of Residence Comments
Seabury,
Samuel
New York
(New York)
  • Profession: judge
  • 1890s - Serving as President, Manhattan Single Tax Club (at least through 1897)
  • 1897 - Served on Henry George's campaign committee
  • 1899 - Speech, "Henry George, the world's greatest democrat," at the 60th anniversary of Henry George's birth, Manhattan Single Tax Club, New York
  • 1926 - Serving as a judge on the New York State of Court of Appeals
  • 1926 - Address, The Social Movement Started by Henry George, at a dinner honoring Charles O. Hennessy and Anna George De Mille, new York
  • 1932 - Biography, Samuel Seabury: A Challenge, by Walter Chambers, published by The Century Company, New York
  • 1939 - Address, The Philosophy of Dictatorship vs The Philosophy of Freedom, delivered at the 100th anniversary of the birth of Henry George, Casino of Nations, World's Fair, New York, NY; 2 September
Seaman,
Fred R.
...
  • Profession: owner of a wholesale grocery business
  • 1876 - Born
  • 1890s - Became active Single Tax supporter and financial contributor
  • 1928 - Died, 13 March (age 54)
Seaman,
L.E.
Ohio
  • 1890 - Attended National Conference of Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
Searer,
H.G.
...
  • 1909 - Serving as Secretary, Brooklyn Single Tax League
Searles,
Alvin
New Jersey
(Summit)
  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Sears,
Walter L.
New York
(New York)
  • 1921 - Address, on unemployment, at the Manhattan Single Tax Club, 23 January, in which he "announced himself a modified Single Taxer."
Seay,
H.H. (Jr.)
...
  • 1930 - Professor of economics at the University of Richmand; described as "an enthusiastic Single Taxer"
Seeley,
Everett J.


Photograph
California
(San Diego)
  • 1910 - Born, Oregon
  • 19xx - Moved to San Diego, CA
  • 1930s - First became actively involved in Georgist movement
  • 1939 - Participated in Henry George Centenary celebration, 17 September, Coquille, Oregon
  • 1946 on - Taught classes in Oregon and San Diego
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA; let discussion, "Teaching the Fundamentals,"
  • 1959 - Teacher, Henry George School
  • 1960 - Vice President, Henry George School
  • 1969 - Elected chairman of the board of Basic Economic Education
  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
  • 1979 - Photograph
  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
  • 1989 - Trustee, Basic Economic Education
  • 1997 - Died, age 87
Seeley,
Marian
New York
(New York)
  • 1941 - Member, American Alliance to Advance Freedom
Segal,
Emanuel
New York
(New York)
  • 1961 - Candidate for mayor, Justice Party of America
Segal,
Harvey
...
  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 1959 - Article, "Evolution of a Theory," published in Henry George News, August
Segelhorst,
Elbert
Missouri
(St.Louis)
  • 1961 - Professor of Economics, Dept. of Urban Studies, Washington University
  • 1961 - Delivered talk, "Henry George and Today's Urban Problems"
Segelhorst,
G.W.
Missouri
(St. Louis)
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Seibert,
Robert
Minnesota
(St. Paul)
  • 1918 - Candidate for mayor of St. Paul
  • 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April, in which he wrote: "I have an abiding faith in your desire to remove poverty here and now. I wish I could be in the thick of the fight."
Seiff,
Arthur N.
New York
  • 1939 - Address, "What Is the American Way," to Round Table Club, Y.M.C.A., Yonkers, 29 March
  • 1939 - Address, "Economic Causes of Anti-Semitism," Knights of Pythias, Friendship Lodge No.150, New York, 12 October
Seligman,
E.R.A.
...
  • 1895 - Book, Essays in Taxation, published by Macmilan (includes a chapter on the Single Tax)
Sell,
William
Wisconsin
(Milwaukee)
  • 2008 - Member, Council of Georgist Organizations
Sellers,
Bertha
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)
(Swarthmore)
  • 1942 - Forms Letter Writing Circle
  • 1942 - Letter, questioning John White's assertion that taxes on production check production, The Freeman, July
  • 1944 - Active in letter writing to promote Henry George's ideas
Semple,
James
Ohio
(Cincinnati)
  • 1890 - Serving as President, Cincinnati Single Tax Club
Senior,
Maybelle
New York
(New York)
  • 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
Senz,
Edward
California
(San Francisco)
  • 1961 - Elected Vice President, Henry George School
Seranton,
J.A.
...
  • 1890 - Serving as President, Mason City Single Tax Committee
Sercomb,
J.W. (Mrs.)
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Sercombe,
Parker H.
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Sexton,
May
New York
(New York)
Shafer,
Ada E.
Nebraska
(Omaha)
  • 1945 - Letter, criticizing how economics is taught in colleges, Henry George News, May
  • 1952 - Letter, Henry George News, January
  • 1954 - Article, "The Nebraska Tax Mess," Henry George News, October
  • 1960 - Article, "The Mess and the Gyp in Nebraska," published in Henry George News, January
Shafer,
Eugene
California
(Rancho Mirage)
  • 1919 - Born
  • 1945 - Took Henry George course in Los Angeles, CA
  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
  • 2005 - Proposed rebate program by local government based on Federal payroll tax contribution for previous year, via email to Henry George Foundation, 15 October
Shafer,
N. Eugene
California
(Los Angeles)
(South Gate)
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
  • 1997 - Letter, Illinois Georgist, Winter-Spring
Shafer,
Philip
California
(San Diego)
  • 1978 - Attended Joing Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
  • 1978 - Article, "The Reluctant Georgist," The New LEAF, August
  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
  • 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, New York, NY
Shafer, W.E.
Nebraska
(Omaha)
  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
Shaffer,
George J.
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh)
California
(Los Angeles)
  • 19xx - Moved to California from Pittsburgh, PA
  • 1911 - Active Single Taxer
  • 1926 - Elected to the board, Henry George Foundation of America
  • 1930 - Delivered presentation, "Land and Water in California," at the Henry George Congress, San Francisco; September
Shandrew,
Charles F.
...
  • 1926 - Elected to the board, Henry George Foundation of America
Shankey,
George W. (Jr.)
Pennsylvania
(Allegheny County)
  • 1974 - Member, Graded Tax League of Pennsylvania
Shannon,
Fred A.
...
  • Profession: Professor
  • 1955 - Comment by Charles Albro Barker (Henry George, 1955, p.149): "... Shannon, a reviser of the frontier theory of American history, says that George's strictures on land policy have neer been refuted; ..."
Shapiro,
Aaron D.
...
  • 1919 - Visited Fairhope, Alabama
  • 1955 - Article, The Results Support The Theory, Henry George News, February
  • 1916 - Graduate student at University of California under Elwood Mead; engaged in research on land speculation in California
Sharpe,
Elmore
(Chenango County)
  • 1890 - Active in single tax movement
Sharpe,
John B.
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh)
  • 1858 - Born, Virginia
  • 188- - Heard Henry George speak in Johnstown, Pennsylvania after the flood
  • 1915- Book, New Political Economy, (2nd edition) published
  • 1926 - Book, New Political Economy, published (4th edition)
  • 1929 - Address, The New Political Economy, delivered before the Young Men's Civic Club of Pittsburgh
  • 1933 - Letter, on the importance of Henry George's teachings, Land and Freedom, July-August
  • 1938 - Died
  • 1939 - Died, Wellsburg, West Virginia; left $500,000 to the United Committee for the Taxation of Land Values, London
Sharratt,
Charles
Minnesota
(Vesta)
  • 1918 - Letter, Everyman, April, in which he wrote: "I am within a few days of 78 years and my health is poor, but I send you this for the success of single tax in California. May it come as a blessing to me and all mankind!"
Shartz,
Joseph W.
...
  • 1939 - Article, "Ancient Origin of 'Lots'," The Freeman, February
Shaw,
Carl F.
Michigan
(Detroit)
(Drayton Plains)
Maryland
(Columbia)
West Virginia
(Mt. Zion)
  • 1952 - Completed course at Henry George School
  • 1953 - Became volunteer teacher, Henry George School
  • 1953 - Letter, Henry George News, August
  • 1955 - Letter, Henry George News, February
  • 1960 - Chaired sessions at Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
  • 1961 - Letter, Henry George News, October
  • 1973 - Address, Appraising, Assessing and Taxing, delivered at a Labor Day conference held by the Henry George Schools and the School of Living
  • 1979 - Organized a Progress and Poverty class in Columbia
  • 1983 - Creates land trust in Calhoun County, West Virginia
  • 1989-90 - "On Doing the Right Thing," Georgist Journal, Winter
  • 1993 - Article, "Don't Give Up on Our Goal," Georgist Journal, Autumn
  • 2001 - Attended International Union conference, Edinburg, Scotland
  • 2005 - Proposal, "On Collecting Our Rent or West Virginia Legislature -- We Need Your Hlep in Order to Achieve Economic Prosperity." Reprinted in GroundSwell, May-June
  • 2007 - Article, West Virginia Efforts Toward Land Value Taxation, GroundSwell, March-April
  • 2007 - Article, Resource Value vs. Labor Value, GroundSwell, September-October
Shaw,
Francis G.

Biographical Sketch
New York
(Staten Island)
  • 1850s - Son of a wealthy New England merchant. Advocated formation of worker association. Abolitionist and supporter of William Lloyd Garrison
  • 1880 - First read Progress and Poverty and became active in the Single Tax movement
  • 1880s - Friend and patron of Henry George
  • 1881 - Purchased 1,000 copies of Progress and Poverty to send to libraries across the U.S.
  • 1882 - Died, November
Shaw,
Gerry
...
  • 1995-96 - Article, "A Rand/George / Reconciliation," Fragments, Winter1997 - Article, "The Necessity of Linguistic Surveillance," Groundswell, March-April
  • 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, July
Shaw,
Quincy Adams
...
  • 1883 - Purchased almost 1,400 copies of the Irish Land Question and Progress and Poverty to be sent gratis to members of the Society for Political Education
Shawgo,
Lloyd
Illinois
(Chicago)
  • 1945 - Teacher, Henry George School
Swago,
Lloyd (Mrs.)
Illinois
(Lincoln)
  • 1949 - Member, Henry George woman's Club of Chicago
Shearer,
Patricia
Colorado
(Colorado Springs)
  • 1982 - Becomes charter member, Colorado Incentive Tax Association
Shearman,
Thomas G.
New York
(New York)
  • Profession: corporation lawyer
  • 1834 - Born (Birmingham, England)
  • 1843 - Family migrated to the United States (New York City)
  • 1850s - Began to study law with Dr. Lyman Abbott
  • 1857 - Began law practice in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1869 - His firm was retained by Jay Gould to defend him against damage claims arising rom the Gold Panic; also defended Henry War Beecher
  • 1881 - Met Henry George at lecture after reading Progress and Poverty; began to correspond with George
  • 1883 - Speech, Free Trade: The Road to Temperance and Prosperity, at Des Moines Iowa, 2 October
  • 1887 - Coined term "the Single Tax"
  • 1887 - Address, before the Constitution Club of New York, January
  • 1887 - Articles (series) on "The Distribution of Wealth," The Standard
  • 1888 - Article, The Single Tax and the Tariff, The Standard, Vol.3, 28 January
  • 1889 - Attempts to respond to criticisms of Henry George's statements. He states that while the rich grow richer the poor become relatively poorer.
  • 1890 - Article, "Henry George's Mistakes," published, The Standard
  • 1890 - Pamphlet, "One Tax Enough," published from a series of articles in The Standard
  • 1890 - Attended National Conference of Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
  • 1890s - Supporter of Henry George's campaign
  • 1893 - Excerpt from testimony on The Rent of Land, argued as public property, before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Subcomittee on Internal Revenue, 16 October
  • 1893 - Testified on income taxatoin before the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Internal Revenue; 16 October
  • 1893 - Article, Our System of Money and Credit, The Forum, 1 December
  • 1894 - Speech, "Morality and Taxes," to the Manhattan Single Tax Club, New York, 11 March
  • 1895 - Excerpts from the book: Natural Taxation, published by Doubleday
  • 1895 - Review of Natural Taxation, in the New York Times, 24 July: "He is a thorough master of the subject and advances an argument that, from a purely theoretical standpoint, is perhaps unanswerable, but as it seems counter to the established order of things, and the land owners at present control the situation, it is difficult to see sufficiently far into the future to determine upon a time when the present conservatism will give way to the method that he so forcibly advocates."
  • 1900 - Address, "The Single Tax and the Farmer," before the Taxation Committee of the Ohi State legislature. Quarterly Economist
  • 1900 - Died, 29 September
  • 1915 - Article, Thomas G. Shearman and his Natural Taxation, by Charles B. Fillebrown, National Magazine, March
  • 2002 - Essay, Thomas Shearman -- Georgist or Infiltrator?, GroundSwell, January-February
Sheehan,
Cornelius M.
New York
  • 19-- - Served as Deputy Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity during the Hylan administration
  • 1935 - Address, at Henry George Congress, New York, NY
  • 1936 - Died, November (age 70)
Sheets,
John H.
North Dakota
(Loma)
  • 1890s - First became active in the Single Tax movement
  • 1928 or 1930 - Died (age 80)
Sheffield,
Fred
New York
(Flushing)
  • 1890 - Member, Flushing Single Tax Club
Sheffield,
Walter H.
California
(Vista)
  • 19-- - Becomes member HGFA
  • 1977 - Died
Sheldon,
Preston K.
New York
(Flushing)
  • 1936 - Taking courses at the Henry George School, New York, NY; employed as a journalist with the New York Times
  • 1936 - Paper, "Interdenominational Church Activities," American year Book for 1935
  • 1940 - Article, Would Henry George Support Cooperatives?, Land and Freedom, May-June
Shelly,
Herbert
New York
(Brooklyn)
  • 19-- - Role unknown
Shepard,
Odell
...
  • 1884 - Born
  • 1939 - Professor of English, Trinity College (winner of 1938 Pulitzer Prize)
  • 1939 - Address [topic unknown], at Spring commencement exercises, Henry George School, 21 June
Shepherd,
Ellwood A.
New Jersey
(Maplewood)
  • 19-- - Born, Philadelphia
  • 1939 - Studied at Henry George School, New York, under Frank Chodorov
  • 194- - Taught at Henry George School of New Jersey and served on its board
  • 1971 - Died, 12 January
Sherman,
B.
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Sherman,
George H. (Dr.)
Michigan
(Detroit)
  • 1926 - Active Single Tax supporter
Sherrard,
Tom


Photograph
California
(San Diego)
  • 1956 - Read address, "A Tribute to Henry George," written by Will Atkinson, at Hospitality House, Balboa Park
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
  • 1967 - Letter printed, Henry George News, March
  • 1974 - Became original member of L.E.A.F.
  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
  • 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, New York, NY
  • 1984 - Attended International Union conference, Cambridge, England
  • 1985 - Elected director, Common Ground USA
  • 1987 - Article, Georgists Colorful Past in San Diego, Newsline, San Diego; 21 July
  • 1988 - Delivered talk, "Taiwan and China Today," ISTA meeting, November, University of November
Shi,
David
North Carolina
(Davidson)
  • 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
Shidy,
Wond P.
California
(Stockton)
  • 1935 - Died (age 84); described as a long-time Single Taxer
Shields,
Charles H.
Washington
(Seattle)
Shipley,
Willis E.
Illinois
(Chicago)
California
(Redondo Beach)
  • 1936 - Instructor, Henry George School, Chicago
  • 1939 - Address, "The Practical Application of the Philosophy of Henry George," at the Henry George Fellowship meeting, 11 July
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Shipley,
Willis
Illinois
(Chicago)
California
  • 1939 - Address delivered at Centenary celebration of Progress & Poverty, 1 September, Chicago
  • 1940 - Elected to board, Henry George School, Chicago
  • 1953 - Elected board Secretary, Henry George School
  • 1955 - Stepped down from Henry George School board
  • 1958 - Instructor, Henry George School
Shoaf,
Kathy
Ohio
(Columbus)
  • 1952 - Attended Henry George School conference in Ohio
  • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
Shoemaker,
Don C.
Florida
(Miami)
  • 1975 - Editor, Miami Herald
  • Grandnephew of Henry George
  • Miami Herald did a study of assessments in Dade and Broward Counties
Shoup,
Donald
California
  • Professor of Urban Planning, University of California
  • 1993 - Participated in panels: (1) Rebuilding Los Angeles or any other declining metropolitan city; (2) The Role of education in a social movement; (3) Revitalizing citiees; (4) Reviving america -- Urban Decay; (5) Affordable Housing: is it possible in America? (6) Special improvement districts to tap rents -- Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Los Angeles, 21-22 July
  • 2003 - Paper, "The Ideal Source of Local Public Revenue," Regional Science and Urban Economics, October
Shoup,
Samuel
...
  • 1898 - Member, Philadelphia Single Tax Society
Shriver,
Edward J.
New York
Illinois
(Chicago)
  • 1887 - Article, "Abolish the Tariff," The Standard, Vol.2, 19 November
  • 1887 - Article, The Single Tax, reprinted from Questions of the Day, a discussion of some economic dangers of the day. No. LXIII, on "Want and Wealth," 1890
  • 1888 - Article, Should the United Labor Party Offer a Presidential Ticket, The Standard, 4 February
  • 1890 - Attended National Conference of Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
  • 1914 - Article, "The Income Tax," printed in Single Tax Review, Jan-Feb, p.40
Shuman,
Jasper
Ohio
  • 1921 - Candidate for Ohio Secretary of State, Single Tax Party
Shwartz-Lucus,
Jacob
New Mexico
(Albuquerque)
  • 2011- Attended conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations, Bloomington, Minnesota; 2-6 August