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Tom L. Johnson | |
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 Portrait by C. M. Bell, c. 1891–1894 | |
| 35th Mayor of Cleveland | |
| In office 1901–1909 | |
| Preceded by | John H. Farley |
| Succeeded by | Herman C. Baehr |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 21st district | |
| In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | Theodore E. Burton |
| Succeeded by | Theodore E. Burton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tom Loftin Johnson July 18, 1854 Georgetown, Kentucky, US |
| Died | April 10, 1911 (aged 56) Cleveland, Ohio, US |
| Resting place | Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Industrialist and politician |
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Tom Loftin Johnson (July 18, 1854 – April 10, 1911) was an American industrialist, Georgist politician, and important figure of the Progressive Era and a pioneer in urban political and social reform. He was a U.S. Representative from 1891 to 1895 and Mayor of Cleveland for four terms from 1901 to 1909. Johnson was one of the most well known, vocal, and dedicated admirers of Henry George's views on political economy and anti-monopoly reform.[1] A panel of 69 scholars in 1993 ranked him second among the ten best mayors in American history.[2]
- ^ Miller, Joseph Dana (1917). Single Tax Year Book (quinquennial): The History, Principles and Application of the Single Tax Philosophy, Volume 1. Single Tax Review Publishing Company. p. 411.
"one of the foremost Single Taxers in the United States.
- ^ Melvin G. Holli, The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-City Leaders (Pennsylvania State UP, 1999), p. 4–11.