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Tom L. Johnson

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Tom Loftin Johnson (July 18, 1854 in Georgetown, Kentucky – April 10, 1911 in Cleveland, Ohio) was an American industrialist, Georgist politician, and important figure of the Progressive Era and a pioneer in urban political and social reform. [1]

45 relations: American Civil War, Chicago, City Beautiful movement, Cleveland, Cleveland Public Power, Daniel Burnham, Democratic Party (United States), Euclid Avenue (Cleveland), Fiorello H. La Guardia, Frederic C. Howe, Frederick Kohler, Free silver, Georgetown, Kentucky, Georgism, Green-Wood Cemetery, Hazen S. Pingree, Henry Clay Frick, Henry George, Herman C. Baehr, John H. Farley, John M. Pattison, Johnstown Flood, Kentucky, Lincoln Steffens, List of Governors of Ohio, List of mayors of Cleveland, Mark Hanna, National Mall, Newton D. Baker, Ohio, Ohio gubernatorial elections, Ohio's 21st congressional district, Players' League, Progress and Poverty, Progressive Era, Samuel M. Jones, Stereopticon, The Cleveland Foundation, The Mall (Cleveland), Theodore E. Burton, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., West Side Market, William McKinley, World's Columbian Exposition.

American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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City Beautiful movement

The City Beautiful Movement was a reform philosophy of North American architecture and urban planning that flourished during the 1890s and 1900s with the intent of introducing beautification and monumental grandeur in cities.

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Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

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Cleveland Public Power

Cleveland Public Power (also known as CPP) is a publicly owned electricity generation and distribution company in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Daniel Burnham

Daniel Hudson Burnham, (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)

Euclid Avenue is a major street in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Fiorello H. La Guardia

Fiorello Henry La Guardia (born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia) (December 11, 1882September 20, 1947) was an American politician.

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Frederic C. Howe

Frederic Clemson Howe (November 21, 1867 – August 3, 1940) was a member of the Ohio Senate, a dedicated yet flexible Georgist (advocate of a single tax), Commissioner of Immigration of the Port of New York, and published author.

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Frederick Kohler

Frederick Kohler (May 2, 1864 – January 30, 1934) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 40th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1922 to 1923.

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Free silver

Free silver was a major economic policy issue in late 19th-century American politics.

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Georgetown, Kentucky

Georgetown is a home rule-class city in Scott County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Georgism

Georgism, also called geoism and single tax (archaic), is an economic philosophy holding that, while people should own the value they produce themselves, economic value derived from land (including natural resources and natural opportunities) should belong equally to all members of society.

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Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as a rural cemetery in Kings County, New York.

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Hazen S. Pingree

Hazen Stuart Pingree (August 30, 1840 – June 18, 1901) was a four-term Republican mayor of Detroit (1889–1897) and the 24th Governor of the U.S. State of Michigan (1897–1901).

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Henry Clay Frick

Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, union-buster, and art patron.

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Henry George

Henry George (September 2, 1839 – October 29, 1897) was an American political economist and journalist.

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Herman C. Baehr

Herman C. Baehr (March 16, 1866 – February 4, 1942) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 36th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1910 to 1911.

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John H. Farley

John Harrington Farley (February 5, 1846 – February 9, 1922), also known as "Honest John" Farley, was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 27th and 34th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1883 to 1884 and from 1899 to 1900.

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John M. Pattison

John M. Pattison (June 13, 1847 – June 18, 1906) was a Democratic politician from Ohio.

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Johnstown Flood

The Johnstown Flood (locally, the Great Flood of 1889) occurred on May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam on the Little Conemaugh River upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

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Lincoln Steffens

Lincoln Joseph Steffens (April 6, 1866 – August 9, 1936) was a New York reporter who launched a series of articles in McClure's, called Tweed Days in St.

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List of Governors of Ohio

The Governor of Ohio is the head of the executive branch of Ohio's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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List of mayors of Cleveland

The Mayor of Cleveland is the chief executive of the city's government.

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Mark Hanna

Marcus Alonzo Hanna (September 24, 1837 – February 15, 1904) was an American businessman and Republican politician, who served as a United States Senator from Ohio as well as chairman of the Republican National Committee.

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National Mall

The National Mall is a landscaped park within the National Mall and Memorial Parks, an official unit of the United States National Park System.

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Newton D. Baker

Newton Diehl Baker Jr. (December 3, 1871December 25, 1937) was an American lawyer, Georgist,Noble, Ransom E. "Henry George and the Progressive Movement." The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol.

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Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

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Ohio gubernatorial elections

The voters of the U.S. state of Ohio elect a governor for a four-year term.

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Ohio's 21st congressional district

The 21st congressional district of Ohio was a congressional district in the state of Ohio.

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Players' League

The Players' National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, popularly known as the Players' League (sometimes rendered as Players League), was a short-lived but star-studded professional American baseball league of the 19th century.

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Progress and Poverty

Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy is an 1879 book by social theorist and economist Henry George.

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Progressive Era

The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned from the 1890s to the 1920s.

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Samuel M. Jones

Samuel Milton "Golden Rule" Jones (1846 - 1904) was a Progressive Era Mayor of Toledo, Ohio from 1897 to until the time of his death in 1904.

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Stereopticon

A stereopticon is a slide projector or "magic lantern", which has two lenses, usually one above the other.

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The Cleveland Foundation

Established in 1914, The Cleveland Foundation was the world's first community foundation.

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The Mall (Cleveland)

The Cleveland Mall is a long public park in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

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Theodore E. Burton

Theodore Elijah Burton (December 20, 1851October 28, 1929) was a Republican politician from Ohio.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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West Side Market

The West Side Market is the oldest operating indoor/outdoor market space in Cleveland, Ohio.

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William McKinley

William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897 until his assassination in September 1901, six months into his second term.

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World's Columbian Exposition

The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_L._Johnson

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