George McKendree Steele | |
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| Born | April 13, 1823 Strafford, Vermont |
| Died | January 14, 1902 (aged 78) Kenilworth, Illinois |
| Education | Wesleyan University |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, clergyman, politician |
| Political party | Greenback |
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The Rev. Dr. George McKendree Steele, D.D., LL.D. (April 13, 1823 – January 14, 1902) was an American educator and Methodist minister, president of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin from 1865 to 1879.[1] He was the author of the 1876 pamphlet The Currency Question – regarded as a major statement of the philosophy of the Greenback movement – and was a Greenback Party nominee for Congress and other public office.[2]
- ^ "Death of Dr. G. M. Steele". The Post Crescent. Appleton, WI. January 15, 1902. p. 3. Retrieved December 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Usher, Ellis B. The Greenback Movement of 1875–1884, and Wisconsin's Part in It, Milwaukee: Ellis B. Usher, Press of the Meisenheimer Company, 1911; pp. 4, 38–39, 41
