Tom L. Johnson

Tom L. Johnson
Portrait by C. M. Bell, c. 1891–1894
35th Mayor of Cleveland
In office
1901–1909
Preceded byJohn H. Farley
Succeeded byHerman C. Baehr
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 21st district
In office
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895
Preceded byTheodore E. Burton
Succeeded byTheodore E. Burton
Personal details
Born
Tom Loftin Johnson

(1854-07-18)July 18, 1854
Georgetown, Kentucky, US
DiedApril 10, 1911(1911-04-10) (aged 56)
Cleveland, Ohio, US
Resting placeGreen-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionIndustrialist 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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Melvin G. Holli, The American Mayor: The Best and the Worst Big-City Leaders (Pennsylvania State UP, 1999), p. 4–11.