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Name Place(s) of Residence Comments
Spagnola,
John (Dr.)
New York
(New York)

  • 2011 - Member, International Union for Land Value Taxation

Spalding,
Rufus
Michigan
(Sturgis)

  • 1890 - Serving as President, Sturgis Club of Investigation

Spancake,
Larry
New York
(New York)

  • 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, New York, NY
  • 1982 - Economist on staff of Center for Local Tax Research (at the Henry George School of Social Science), New York
  • 1987 - Joined staff of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (until 2012)

Spaulding,
Charles H.
District of Columbia

Spalding,
W.J.
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November

Spargo,
John
...
  • 1906 - Article, Socialism,
    The Public, 15 December

Spaulding,
Willis J.
Illinois
Springfield

  • 1870 - Born
  • 190- - Became active in the Single Tax movement
  • 1911 - Elected public utilities commissioner in Springfield, Illinois (served until 1943)
  • 1965 - Died, 17 August

Spector,
Barbara
...

Speek,
Peter A.
New York
(New York)

  • 1873 - Born, 16 June, Estonia (Laguja)
  • 1894 - Graduated Imperial University of Juriev (teaching)
  • 1903 - Earned law degree
  • 1903 - Founded socialist paper, Uudised (lasted until 1905)
  • 1905 - Forced to leave Estonia due to government pressure; migrated to Denmark, where he organized a cooperative society
  • 1908 - Migrated to the United States, where he started an Estonian language newspaper in New York
  • 1910 - Earned Ph.D. in economics, University of Wisconsin
  • 1921 - Book, A Stake in the Land,
    published by Harper
  • 19-- - Photograph (Speek is the person in the center)

Speelman,
Gwen
Ohio
(Springfield)

  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH

Speirs,
Mark
Connecticut
(Lakewood)

  • 2012 - Attended the conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations, Camp Hill, PA; July

Spence,
Catherine Helen
...
Spence,
Earle
Ohio
(Lakewood)

  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH

Spencer,
Bird
New Jersey
(Passaic)


Spencer,
John R.
Colorado
(Colorado Springs)

  • 1847 - Born (Canton, Illinois)
  • 1884 - Became publisher ofthe Crawford Texas Yeoman
  • 1880s - Became leading propondent of the Single Tax in Texas
  • 1935 - Died (age 88)

Spencer,
R.
Iowa
  • 1890 - Attended National Conference of Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September

Spencer,
R.C.
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November

Spencer,
Ralph W.
Rhode Island
(Providence)

  • 1955 - Letter to the editor:
    Henry George News, February

Spencer,
S.H.
...
  • 1884 - First became acquainted with the teachings of Henry George
  • 1880s - Becane associated with the "New Church" movement started by Emanual Swedenborg and wrote for its paper, the New Earth
  • 1903 - Editing and publishing the New Christianity in Ithica, New York
  • 1906 - Died

Spilich,
Jemima
...

Spill,
William A.
California
(Pasadena)

  • 1917 - Letter to the editor:
    Everyman, October, in support of The Great Adventure campaign

Spossey,
Anthony
Pennsylvania
(Washington)


SPREAD THE LIGHT CLUB New York
(Brooklyn)

  • 1880 - Established to promote the discussion of economic questions and increase the circulation of the Irish World, Volks Zeitung and pamphlets on "true political economy"
  • 1880 - Inaugural lecture delivered by Henry George; December
  • 1881 - The club discontinued meetings but members continued to meet and work within its successor, the Advanced Labor Club
  • 1881 - At a meeting called in December by prominent trade unionist Robert Blissert, a proposal (adopted a month later) called for forming a United Labor Organization
  • 1882 - In March the Organization of United Trade and Labor Organizations of New York, Brooklyn and Jersey was established, with Robert Blissert elected chairman
  • 1886 - OUTLO supported the candidacy of Henry George for Mayor of New York City

Springer,
John H.
Indiana
(Indianapolis)

  • 1859 - Born
  • 19-- - Single-Tax supporter; visited Fairhope, Alabama and caused problems
  • 1915 - Serving as Secretary, Indianapolis Single Tax Club
  • 1915 - Died, September; age 56 (in New Mexico); Comment on his activities in The Single Tax Review:
    "He had departed from his early interpretation of our philosophy, and though his later views seem to us quite fantastic, we cannot refuse him the credit of following the light as he saw it."

St. Denis,
Alan
...

St. James,
Margo
...
  • 1996 - elected to the board, Henry George School, San Francisco
  • 1996 - Candidate for San Francisco supervisor (unsuccessful)
  • 19-- - Founded COYOTE (Cut Out Your Old Tired Ethics)

St. John,
Cecil
...

Staab,
Anna M.
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)

  • 1939 - Completed courses at Henry George School

Staab,
George R.
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)

  • 1940 - Serving as Chairman, "The Georgists"

Stack,
E.J.
Oregon

Stahl,
Max P.
Missouri
(St. Louis)


Stallard,
Joshua Harrison (Dr.)
California
(Menlo Park)

  • 1865 - Book, Workhouse Hospitals,
    published
  • 1865 - Member, Royal College of Physicians, London
  • 1867 - Book, London Pauperism Among Jews and Christians,
    published
  • 18-- - Migrated to the United States; residing in San Francisco, California
  • 1897 - Article, "The Municipal Government of San Francisco,"
    Part IV, Overland Monthly, pp. 386-391, Vol. 29, April
  • 1899 - Article, "The Lesson of the Philadephia Gas-Works,"
    Overland Monthly, Vol.33, February, pp. 175-179
  • 1899 - Article, The True Basis of Economics,
    responding to comments on Henry George made in correspondence by David Starr Jordon, President, Stanford University
  • 1899 - Article (PDF format), The True Basis of Economics,
    responding to comments on Henry George made in correspondence by David Starr Jordon, President, Stanford University
  • 1900 - Died, December. Quote from Cornell Alumni News, 4 January:
    "Dr. Stallard, whose death occurred two weeks ago, had been for many years a devoted advocate of the Single Tax. ...Dr. Stallard retires for beyond range to the heights of natural law, and peppers harmlessly away with the antiquated guns of the eighteenth century philosophy."

Stamper,
John
Ohio
(Springfield)

  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH

Stanborough,
Reginald
California
(Los Angeles)

  • 1951 - Instructor, Henry George School

STANDARD (The) New York
(New York)

  • See: The Standard

Stanfield,
Boris M.
...
  • 19-- - Born, Russia
  • 19-- - Appointed Professor of Economics, Columbia University
  • 1954 - Article, "Education and Propaganda,"
    Henry George News, April

Stanford,
Leland
...
  • 1955 - Comment by Charles Albro Barker (Henry George, 1955, p.254):
    "Dr. Taylor ... transmitted to [Henry George] the not quite incredible story that the railroad president had read the book and said that he had become 'a disciple of Henry George'."

Stanger,
S.S.
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November

Stangland,
E.M.
California
(San Diego)

  • 1936 - Serving as an instructor, Henry George School extension

Stanislaus,
John K. (Dr.)
Ohio
(Columbus)

  • 1934 - Article, "Henry George, Catholic Columbian"
    (to be followed by a review of George Geiger's book, The Philosophy of Henry George

Stanley,
Isaac
...
Stanley,
Philip
New York
(Brooklyn)

  • 1933 - Holding Single Tax meetings several times per week. Between 500-1000 people attended at Borough Hall

Stannard,
Ethel Lyman
Connecticut
(Niantic)
(Columbia)

  • 1940 - Instructor, Henry George School
  • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
  • 1954 - Letter to the editor:
    regarding land tenure and morality;
    Henry George News, May;
  • 1956 - Letter to the editor:
    Henry George News, June
  • 1959 - Letter to the editor:
    Henry George News, October
  • 1972 - Died

Stanton,
Elizabeth Cady
...
  • 1815 - Born, 12 November, in Johnstown, New York
  • 18-- - Attended the Johnstown Academy until age 15
  • 18-- - Attended Troy Female Seminary, in Troy, New York
  • 1840 - Attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London
  • 1848 - Organized the two-day Seneca Falls Convention on women's rights
  • 1860 - Pamphlet, The Slaves Appeal,
    published
  • 1863 - With Susan B. Anthony organized the Women's Loyal National League to push for elimination of slavery under the U.S. Constitution
  • 1893 - From New York: "My time passed pleasantly with a drive in the Park ... also in reading Henry George's Progress and Poverty
  • 1898 - Book, Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1915-1897
  • 1902 - Died, 26 October (age 86) in New York City

Stanton,
Michael J.
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • Profession: Attorney for Rand McNally
  • 19-- - Became supporter of the Single Tax
  • 1936 - Died, 20 December

Staples,
Arthur C.
New York
(Astoria)

  • 1927 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York City, September

Staples,
C.W.
Wisconsin
(Osceola)

  • 1918 - Letter to the editor:
    Everyman, April, in which he wrote:
    "Altho a socialist, I can see the benefit of Single Tax. They are twins."

Stapleton,
Lloyd
Ohio
(Toledo)

  • 1953 - Attended Henry George School conference, Lakeside, Ohio

STAR (The) California
(San Francisco)

  • SEE: THE STAR

Starer,
Irving
New York
(Jericho)

  • Profession: civil engineer
  • 1947 - First took Henry George course
  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
  • 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, New York, NY, 28 August - 1 September
  • 1976 - Article, "The Cause and the Remedy,"
    Fragments
  • 1993 - Elected trustee, Henry George School, NY
  • 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama
  • 1998 - Article, "Henry George Today,"
    Fragments, January-March
  • 2002 - Serving as Vice President, Henry George School, NY
  • 2005 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August
  • 2006 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Evanston, IL, July
  • 2009 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Cleveland, Ohio
  • 2011 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2-6 August
  • 2012 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Camp Hill, PA; July
  • 2014 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Newport Beach, California; 7-11 July
  • 2015 - Attended the joint conference of the International Union and Council of Georgist Organizations; Southfield, Michigan; 4-8 August

Stark,
William
...

Starke,
Phil C.M.
...

Starr,
Frederick
...

Starr,
Roger
New York
(New York)

  • 1918 - Born
  • 1983 - Editorial, "How to Spend Taxes for Jobs,"
    The New York Times; endorses LVT
  • 1984 - Recipient of Newcomb Incentive Award, HGI dinner
  • 1985 - Book, The Rise and Fall of New York City,
    published, Basic Books
  • 1992 - Appointed editor of City Journal
  • 2001 - Died, September

Starr,
Western
Maryland
District of Columbia
(Washington)

  • 1910 - Participated in Single Tax Congress, New York, NY, November
  • 1916 - Attended Joseph Fels Fund conference, Niagara Falls, NY, 19-21 August
  • 1923 - Served as a member of the advisory committee, Henry George School, New York
  • 1931 - Delegate at Henry George Congress, Baltimore. He stated:

    "I have been a Single Taxer for many years; I have studied with devotion the economic problems tht have come under my notice, and I know of no economic problem that does not find its answer in the philosophy of Henry George."
  • 1933 - Attended Henry George Congress, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1940 - Died

Staub,
Ann
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)

  • 1940 - Instructor, Henry George School
  • 1944 - Instructor, Henry George School; gave class in Chester, Pennsylvania

Staub,
W.A.
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November

Stebbins,
G.B.
...
  • 1887 - Book, Progress and Poverty, a Review and Criticism of Henry George's Progress and Poverty and Protection or Free Trade, Chicago: Kerr & Company
  • 1923 - Served as a member of the advisory committee, Henry George School, New York

Stedman,
Seymour
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1871 - Born, 4 July, in Hartford, Connecticut
  • 1881 - His family moved to Chicago
  • 1880s - Began to read and study works on economics. As he came from a family who were free trade proponents, he was attracted to the works of Henry George and the single tax.
  • 1888 - Entered the Northwestern University School of Law, and in 1890 was admitted to the bar
  • 1889 - Became active in the Democratic party and began speaking on the tariff question
  • 1891 - Appointed secretary of the Executive Committee of the Democratic Campaign Committee
  • 1892 - Left the Demcratic party in protest of the use of Federal troops against striking workers of the ARU. He joined the union and then met Eugene V. Debs
  • 1896 - Became a leading figure in the People's Party, supporting the candidacy of Eugene Debs over that of William Jennings Bryan, after which he soon became a member of the Socialist Party
  • 1903 - Debated Louis F. Post, Henry H. Hardings and John Z. White on the merits of the Single Tax versus Socialism
  • 1912 - Elected to the legislature, serving one term
  • 1916 - Stood as the Socialist candidate for Governor of Illinois. He is critized in The Public (27 October) for "his stand with plutocratic interests in favor of the pending fraudulent tax amendment."
  • 1948 - Died, 9 July, in Chicago, Illinois

Steele,
C.O.
New York
(New York)
Florida

  • 1937 - Elected Vice President, Henry George Fellowship

Steele,
C.O.
1938
  • 1938 - Instructor, Henry George School (at list thru the 1940s)

Steele,
C.O.
1939
  • 1939 - Address, "Unemployment and Poverty,"
    delivered at the Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists and Technicians, 15 August

Steele,
C.O.
1940

Steele,
C.O.
1941
  • 1941 - Address, "Rambling with Henry George,"
    at Henry George School, 14 March

Steele,
C.O.
1942
  • 1942 - Succeeded Frank Chodorov as editor of The Freeman

Steele,
C.O.
1943
  • 1943 - Article, Leveling
    The Freeman, February

Steele,
C.O.
1944 on
  • 1946 - Began publishing The Individualist, from Forest Hills, NY, September. Functioned as editor
  • 1948 - Address, "Our Vanishing Freedoms,"
    at Henry George School conference, Chicago, July
  • 1951 - Article, "Could You Use Some Extra Money,"
    Henry George News, July
  • 195- - Member of faculty Henry George School
  • 1956 - Died

Steele,
J.W.
Missouri
(St. Louis)

  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, St. Louis Single Tax League

Steele,
T.H.
...

Steele,
Walter
California
(La Mesa)

  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA

Steelman,
Aaron
...

Steers,
A.J.
New York
(New York)

  • 1873 - Employed by D. Appleton & Co., publisher
  • 1882 - Became founding member, Free Soil society
  • 188- - Gave Progress and Poverty to Father Edward McGlynn to read
  • 1889 - Chaired committee of single-taxers raising funds to purchase a building at St. Mark's Place, February
  • 1890 - Attended National Conference of Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
  • 1890 - Served as Secretary, Manhattan Single Tax Club
  • 1893 - Address, on evils of existing taxation,
    delivered in Philadelphia

Steers,
William B.
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November

Steffens,
Lincoln
Connecticut
  • 1909 - Review (unsigned) of the book:
    Upbuilders
    The Public, 17 December
  • 1910 - Participated in Single Tax Congress, New York, NY, November
  • 1936 - Died, 7 August
  • 1936 - A Remembrance of Lincoln Steffens, Land and Freedom, September-October. Quote:

    "He described himself as a philosophical communist, whatever that is. He was a member of the Fels Fund Commission. ...He is supposed to have been a believer in Henry George's teachings but left little to reinforce the faith of those who are to come after."

Stegner,
I. Wendell
...
  • 1971 - Serving on board, Henry George School of New Jersey

Stegner,
J. Wendall
...
  • 1973 - Served as trustee, Henry George School, New Jersey

Stegner,
Joseph E.
Massachusetts (Brimfield)

  • 1890s - First introduced to Henry George's ideas while working in Toledo, Ohio, by reading Progress and Poverty
  • 19-- - Moved to Newark, NJ and joined an Economic Class studying Henry George
  • 1933 - Letter to the editor:
    regarding the Hoover Research Committee,
    Land and Freedom, January-February
  • 1939 - Died, February
  • 1939 - Article, "Joseph E. Stegner,"
    The Freeman, March:
    "The passing of Joseph E. Stegner, formerly of Newark, N.J. takes another oldtime faithful from our ranks. His introduction to Henry George began in the 1890's when as a cut-glass operator in Toledo, Ohio, 'Progress and Poverty' was suggested to him by his foreman. As a worker and as a business man, he never ceased teaching economic truth from that day to the end. Mr. Stegner will always be remembered by his co-members."

Stegrin,
Joseph E.
Massachusetts
  • 1938 - Letter to the editor:
    applauding the establishment of the Henry George School and 'The Freeman',
    The Freeman, November

Stein,
Abram C.
...
  • 1913 - Republican member, Pa. Legislature, introduced LVT bill for Pittsburgh

Stein,
Andrew
...
  • 1972 - Member, New York State Assembly

Stein,
Barbara H.
New York
(Brooklyn)

  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Stein,
John
New York
(New York)

  • 2008 - Member, Council of Georgist Organizations

Stein,
Mark
New York
(Brooklyn)

  • 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, July

Steiner,
Hillel
...

Stejskal,
Leslie
Alabama
(Fairhope)

  • 2009 - Serving as Secretary, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation

Stemmons,
Sidney Allen
Texas
(Dallas)

  • 1930 - Candidate for state legislature:
    "On a platform asking for an appropriation of one million dollars for the circulation of the work sof Henry George, so that the voters of Texas may be enlightened on the subject of taxation."

Stephens,
Donald
Delaware
  • Son of Frank Stephens)
  • 1917 - Attended Single Tax Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey
  • 1927 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York City, September
  • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark

Stephens,
Frank
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)


Stephens,
Eleanor C.
Delaware
(Arden)

  • (Second wife of Frank Stephens)
  • 1917 - Attended Single Tax Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey
  • 1943 - Attended Henry George birthday celebration, Arden, Delaware, 5 September

Stephens,
George Francis (Frank)
Delaware
(Arden)

  • Profession: sculptor
  • 1859 - Born (Rahway, New Jersey)
  • 18-- - Graduated from Rutgers College
  • 1895 - Organized meeting of National Campaign for the Single Tax in Delaware
  • 1900 - Co-founder of Arden, Delaware
  • 1912 - Co-founded Georgist enclave, Haildon Village, Maine
  • 1916 - Attended Joseph Fels Fund conference, Niagara Falls, NY, 19-21 August
  • 1917 - Officer, Arden
  • 1917 - Attended Single Tax Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey
  • 1923 - Address, "The Arden Enclave,"
    delivered at the International Conference to Promote Land Value Taxation and Free Trade, Oxford
  • 1923 - Served as a member of the advisory committee, Henry George School, New York
  • 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, Philadelphia
  • 1926 - Elected to board, Henry George Foundation of America
  • 1927 - Address, delivered at the banquet of the Henry George Congress, New York, NY, September
  • 1933 - Attended Henry George Congress, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1935 - Dined at the White House at the invitation of Eleanor Roosevelt, 27 May
  • 1935 - Died, 16 June (age 75)
  • 1935 - Excerpt ("Remembrances of Frank Stephens") from the book:
    Some Songs,
    a collection of poems by Frank Stephens, published by the Arden Press, Arden, Delaware

Stephens,
Ingaborg
Pennsylvania
(Phila.)

  • 1917 - Attended Single Tax Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey (wife of Donald Stephens)

Stephens,
O.F.
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)

  • 1895 - Arrested in Delaware for advocating the single tax. He was a principal in a manufacturing firm, Stephens, Cooper & Co.

Stephens,
W.
Missouri
(LaDue

  • 1890 - Serving as President, Reform Club of LaDue

Stephenson,
Arthur H.
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)

  • 1860 - Born, 13 January in West Newton, Massachusetts; the family then moved to Brooklyn, New York, but returning to Boston five years later
  • 18-- - Attended the Boston Institute of Technology; then eventually moved to Philadelphia to enter the woollen yard business with his father and brothers
  • 188- - First read Henry George's book Progress and Poverty and became an active supporter
  • 1886 - Helped to organize and served as Secretary and Treasurer of the Henry George Club (the name later changed as the request of Henry George to "The Single Tax Society of Philadelphia")
  • 1886 - Established the newspaper Justice
  • 1890 - Attended National Conference of Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York, September
  • 1890 - Serving as President, Single Tax Society of Philadelphia
  • 1895 - Appointed to National Commission to supervise the Delaware campaign for a Single Tax
  • 1902 - Died, 4 October

Sterling,
Henry
New York
(Troy)

  • 1890 - Serving as President, Troy Single Tax Club

Sterling,
Henry
...

Sterlith,
Frank T.
...
  • 1895 - Involved in the Delaware Single Tax campaign
  • 1917 - Attended Single Tax Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Stern,
Charles K.
California
(San Francisco)

  • 1917 - Letter to the editor:
    Everyman, October, in support of The Great Adventure campaign

Stern,
J. Ludwig
Pennsylvania
  • 1918 - Letter to the editor:
    Everyman, April, in which he wrote:
    "I like better the people who take off their coats and work. Good luck to The Great Adventure."

Sternberg,
Helen
New York
  • 1939 - Appointed extension secretary, Henry George School

Stetson,
Charlotte Perkins
...

Steven,
John
California
  • 1943 - Instructor, Henry George School, Los Angeles, CA

Stern,
J.L. (Rabbi)
...

Stern,
Joseph
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)

  • 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania

Steudtner,
Elsie
New York
(Elmhurst)

  • 197- - Member, Henry George Institute
  • 1984 - Died

Steven,
C.G.
...
  • 1890 - Member, Philadelphia Single-Tax club; gave presentation to Joseph Fels

Stevens,
Bryan
...
  • 1993 - Participated in panel, "Revitalizing the nation's schools,"
    at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Los Angeles, CA, 24 July

Stevens,
Charles H.
New Jersey
(New Brunswick)

  • Director, Summer Session, Rutgers University
  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Stevens,
George F.
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)

  • 1895 - Active in the Delaware Single-Tax Campaign
  • 1899 - Address, delivered at the 60th anniversay of Henry George's birth, Manhattan Single Tax Club, New York, 3 September

Stevens,
J.L.
...

Stevens,
R.H.
...

Stevenson,
A.K.
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)

  • 1890 - Attended National Conference of Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September

Stevenson,
F.J.
...
  • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark

Stevenson,
Francis
California
(San Francisco)

  • 1991 - Died (left bequest to Henry George Foundation)

Stewart,
David B.
Minnesota
(Anoka)

  • 1971 - Letter to George Collins requesting copies of Progress & Poverty, 27 August

Stewart,
Elizabeth
Pennsylvania
  • 1926 - Elected to National Advisory Committee, Henry George Foundation of America

Stewart,
Estelle
...

Stewart,
Ethelbert
...

Stewart,
Frederick S. (Mrs.)
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November

Stewart,
W.B.
Minnesota
  • 1867 - Born
  • 1890s - Served in the U.S. Navy. During the period he read Progress and Poverty, and both he and his father became ardent supporters
  • 1913 - Died, 17 March

Stewart,
Walter G.
Pennsylvania
(Reading)


Stewart,
W.J.
...

Stewart,
Wallace (Mrs.)
Pennsylvania
(Ingram)

  • 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, Philadelphia

Stewart,
Walter G.
Pennsylvania
(Reading)

  • 1935 - Article, "Green's treatment of interest in 'The Profits of the Earth',"
    Land and Freedom, January-February
  • 1935 - Letter to the editor:
    regarding the failure of price controls,
    Land and Freedom, July-August
  • 1936 - Attended the conference of the International Union, London, England; 1-5 September
  • 1936 - Letter to the editor:
    defending the description of Henry George's remedies as the Single Tax,
    Land and Freedom, September-October
  • 1937 - Letter to the editor, Rent in Price,
    challenging positions taken by others on the relationship of rent to land price, Land and Freedom, July-August
  • 1940 - Letter to the editor:
    in support of use of the term "Single Tax,"
    The Freeman, September

Stewart,
William B.
Minnesota
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November

Stiffey,
R.W.
Pennsylvania
(Midland)

  • 1917 - Recuiting members for the National Singletax League by personally call on people and presenting them with a membership card
  • 1930 - Letter to the editor:
    Land and Freedom, January-February

Stillman,
Andrea
Connecticut
  • 1948 - Born, 14 January
  • 1973 - Earned a B.A. in Speech from California State Universty
  • 1992 - Elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives (served until 2004)
  • 2003 - Address, "What are the effects of high State taxes, subsidies and targeted tax breaks on Connecticut citizens?"
    delivered at a public forum on Affordable Cities, Bridgeport, CT, 18 July

Stillman,
Matt
New York
(New York)

  • 2004 - Serving on board, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 2011 - Re-elected to the board, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation

Stillwell,
Hamilton
Michigan
(Detroit)

  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI

Stillwell,
Ilse
...
  • 1969 - Possibly residing in Iran

Stinton,
Walter I.
California
(San Francisco)

  • 1931 - Book, Spiritual Law and Economics Harmonized,
    compiled by Mabelle Hathaway Brooks

Stirlith,
Elizabeth B.
Delaware
(Cragmere)

  • 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, Philadelphia
  • 1927 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York City, September

Stirlith,
Frank T.
Delaware
(Wilmington)

  • 187- - Born
  • 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, Philadelphia
  • 1927 - Actively working for a "graded tax" bill for Wilmington, Delaware
  • 1927 - Residing in Edgemoor, Delaware
  • 1927 - Address, on the Delaware graded tax campaign, Henry George Congress, New York City, Septembe
  • 1928 - Led group distributing over 20,000 pieces of Single Tax literature in Wilmington, Delaware; the graded tax bill was passed in the State Senate but the lower house adjourned before a vote could be taken
  • 1943 - Attended Henry George birthday celebration, Arden, Delaware, 5 September
  • 1958 - Story on him appeared in the Wilmington paper,Journal Every Evening, 6 January
  • 1969 - Died, June

Stjernberg,
Lydia Nilsson
New York
  • 1942 - Letter to the editor:
    advising that at age 69 she had come to appreciate Henry George, The Freeman, October

Stockbridge,
Frank Parker
New York
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
  • 1911 - Serving as Woodrow Wilson's "advance man and publicity agent."

Stockbridge,
"Stocky"
California
  • 1943 - Instructor, Henry George School, Los Angeles

Stockman,
Joseph A.
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)

  • 1934 - First studied Henry George in Philadelphia and became an instructor
  • 1939 - Working with Chinese speaking students on translations of Progress and Poverty and Protection or Free Trade? from "Chinese to English" at the New York Times Annex. This is likely an error, that the translation was from English to Chinese
  • 1941 - Taught Henry George classes in New York in Chinese
  • 1942 - Appointed Field Secretary, Henry George School, Philadelphia, June or July
  • 1948 - Address, "Cooperating with Other Groups,"
    delivered at Henry George School conference banquet, Chicago, Illinois; July
  • 1949 - Presided at the Henry George Foundation Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 16 September
  • 1950 - Attended Henry George School conference, St. Louis, Missouri, 13-16 July
  • 1951 - Attended Henry George School conference, Los Angeles, 19-22 July
  • 1953 - Attended Henry George School conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2-4 July
  • 1953 -Address, "The Sense and Nonsense of the Chinese,"
    delivered at the Henry George School conference, Lakeside, Ohio, August
  • 1953 - Photograph, with James McNally (Director of Hartford Henry George School) in Boston
  • 1955 - Article, "Philadelphia Directors on Radio Station WHAT,"
    Henry George News, April:
    "A civic committee has scheduled Philadelphia's director, Joseph a. Stockman, as the regular feature on their radio program on the first Thursday of each month over station WHAT at 11:45 a.m., this without cost to the school."
  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
  • 1957 - Attended Henry George School conference, Staten Island, NY; July
  • 1957 - Address, "Seed, Bud, Blossom, Fruit,"
    delivered at the Henry George Tree, Central Park, NY; 12 July
  • 1958 - Participated in television broadcast, "Invest in America," series
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Foundation conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 1960 - Letter from Robert de Fremery regarding the publication of his new book (pdf copy of this document is missing)
  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
  • 1961 - Attended Henry George School conference, Hartford, Connecticut
  • 1962 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
  • 1964 - Died, January 14

STOCKTON FORUM California
  • 1920 - Weekly Single Tax newspaper established; _____ Beckworth, editor (continued in publication at least until 1930)

Stockton,
Lewis
...

Stockwell,
Sylvanus A.




ENLARGE
Minnesota
  • 1857 - Born, 8 June, in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 1891-1892 - Served in the Minnesota House of Representatives (
  • 1897-1898 - Served in the Minnesota House of Representatives
  • 1899-1902 - Served in the Minnesota Senate
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
  • 1923-1926 - Served in the Minnesota House of Representatives
  • 1926 - Elected to National Advisory Committee, Henry George Foundation of America
  • 1929-1940 - Served in the Minnesota House of Representatives
  • 1938 - Article, "Stockwells Praised in Essay,"
    The Freeman, January:
    "State Representative S.A. Stockwell and Mrs. Maud Stockwell, Georgists, are the subjects of a eulogistic portrait, 'The Stockwells of Minneapolis', by Dorothy Walton Binder which won second prize in The New Republic's 'Little Known Fighters for Civil Liberties' essay contest. The essay was published Dec. 22."
  • 1943 - Died, 17 April

Stoddard,
A.B.
New York
(New Brighton)

  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Richmond County Single Tax Club

Stokes,
Rose Pastor
...
  • 1879 - Born Rose Harriet Wieslander, 18 July, in Augustova, Poland
  • 1881 - Her mother moved to England, living with relatives in London's East End
  • 1887 - Left school to enter the workforce
  • 1889 - Her mother married Israel Pastor, and the family emigrated to the United States, settling in Cleveland. A few years later Israel Pastor abandoned the family and Rose became the family's sole supporter
  • 1901 - Became a regular contributor of articles to Yidishes Tageblat (the Jewish daily news)
  • 1901 - Participated with other socialists in the Third Sociological Conference, Sagamore Beach, Massachusetts along with prominent single taxers
  • 1903 - Moved to New York City to work as a resident columnist for the newspaper
  • 1906 - She joined the Socialist Party and became a prominent speaker on the Intercollegiate Socialist Society tour
  • 1918 - Arrested for delivering an anti-war speech in Kansas City, Missouri. She stated:
    "No government which is for the profiteers can also be for the people, and I am for the people, while the government is for the profiteers."
  • 1922 - Selected as an U.S. delegate to the Comintern's Fourth World Congress in Moscow, reporting on "the Negro question."
  • 1933 - Died
  • 1992 - Book, I Belong to the Working Class: The Unfinished Autobiography of Rose Pastor Stokes,
    edited by Herbert Shapiro and David L. Sterling

Stoller,
Matt
...

Stolow,
Benjamin
...

Stone,
Donald C.
Pennsylvania
(Allegheny County)

  • 1974 - Member, Graded Tax League of Pennsylvania

Stone,
Harry W.
Oregon
(Portland)

  • 1868 - Born, 7 November (Mt. Pleasant, Iowa)
  • 1909 - Serving as Treasurer, Oregon Single Tax League
  • 1910-1914 - Active in Single Tax campaign
  • 1939 - Died, 19 June (age 71)

Stone,
Max
...
  • 1960 - Letter to the editor:
    Henry George News, November

Stoner,
John
Wisconsin
(Beloit)


Stoner,
Nadine
Wisconsin
(Beloit)

  • 1954 - Graduated Texas College of Arts & Industries (BBA, Cum Laude)
  • 1973 - Elected President, Wisconsin Property Owners League
  • 1975 - First read Progress and Poverty
  • 1976 - First introduced to Georgist movement at HGS chicago as guest speaker (Spring)
  • 1976 - Provided update on campaign for land value taxation in Wisconsin at Henry George Foundation conference, Evanston, IL, July
  • 1977 - Elected trustee, Henry George Foundation of America, at Georgist conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
  • 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
  • 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist conference, New York, NY

Stoner,
Nadine
1981-1985
  • 1982 - Attended annual Georgist Conference, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, 16-19 July
  • 1983 - Becomes member, Common Ground USA
  • 1985 - Elected director, Common Ground USA

Stoner,
Nadine
1986-1990
  • 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA

Stoner,
Nadine
1991-1995
  • 1992 - Elected President, Common Ground USA
  • 1993 - Serving at editor/publisher of GroundSwell
  • 1993 - Address, "Farming in Wisconsin,"
    Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Los Angeles, CA, 22 July
  • 1993 - Participated in panel, "Implementing Land Value Taxation -- Obtaining a Legislative Study and/or Pilot Project,"
    at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Los Angeles, CA, 24 July
  • 1993 - Article, "Who Told You?"
    Groundswell, November-December
  • 1994 - Letter lobby information kit chairman, Common Ground, USA
  • 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama
  • 1995 - Article, "Provide Incentives for Urban Growth,"
    Wisconsin State Journal, July 28 (reprinted in Groundswell, September-October)

Stoner,
Nadine
1996
  • 1997 - Ended term as trustee, Henry George Foundation of America; chose not to stand for re-election

Stoner,
Nadine
1997-1999

Stoner,
Nadine
2000

Stoner,
Nadine
2001

Stoner,
Nadine
2002

Stoner,
Nadine
2003

Stoner,
Nadine
2004

Stoner,
Nadine
2005-2006
  • 2005 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August
  • 2006 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Evanston, IL, July

Stoner,
Nadine
2007-2008
  • 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, July
  • 2008 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Kansas City, Missouri

Stoner,
Nadine
2009-2010
  • 2009 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Cleveland, Ohio

Stoner,
Nadine
2011-2013
  • 2011 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2-6 August
  • 2012 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Camp Hill, PA; July
  • 2012 - Article, Public Officials and Land Value Taxation,
    a panel discussion at the conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations, Camp Hill (Harrisburg), Pennsylvania; 31 July,GroundSwell, November-December

Stoner,
Nadine
2014
  • 2014 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Newport Beach, California; 7-11 July

Stoner,
Nadine
2015-2016

Stoner,
Nadine
2017

Stoner,
Nadine
2018 on

Storey,
Moorfield
...
  • 1906 - Serving as President, Anti-Imperialist League
  • 1906 - Address, The Philippine Problem,
    at the Seventh Annaul Meeting of the Anti-Imperialist League; reprinted in The Public, 1 December

Stormer,
Adam
New York
(Jamestown)

  • 1890 - Serving as President, Single Tax Club of Jamestown

Storrow,
James
Massachusetts
(Boston)


Stout,
Jonathan
...

Stout,
Marilyn
...


Stowe,
Eliza
...

Stowe,
William D.
Pennsylvania
(Scranton)

  • 1970 - Pamphlet, The Public Revenue -- A Critique,
    published by the Henry George Foundation
  • 1974 - Serving on Graded Tax League of Pennsylvania state advisory board

Strach,
V.
...

Strachan,
George C.K.
Ohio
(Youngstown)

  • 1867 - Born
  • 1893 - Became active in the Single Tax movement
  • 1927 - Moved to San Diego, California
  • 1951 - Died, 11 January (age 84)

Strachan,
George M.
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
  • 1927 - Involved in discussions regarding reorganization of the Henry George Club of Chicago
  • 1928 - Letter to the editor:
    correcting details of Father Edward Mcglynn's reinstatement by Pope Leo XiII,
    Land and Freedom, January-February
  • 1929 - Attended Henry George Congress, Pittsburgh, PA, September
  • 1931 - Elected Vice President, the newly-established Single Tax League
  • 1932 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, Memphis
  • Attended Henry George Congress, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1934 - Address, "Worshiping False Gods,"
    at Henry George Congress
  • 1936 - Attended Henry George Foundation of America Congress, Cincinnati, Ohio; 12-14 November
  • 1938 - Undertook a lecture tour that included Fairhope, Alabama; Cincinnati; Louisville, Jackson, Mississippi; New Orleans; and other cities. March-April
  • 1938 - Attended Henry George Congress, Toronto, Ontario; 7-9 September
  • 1940 - Attended Henry George Congress, Washington, DC; 25-27 September
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England

Strack,
Carl
Ohio
(Cincinnati)

  • 1941 - Began teaching Henry George classes
  • 1944 - Instructor, Henry George School; teaching courses at the Norwood YMCA
  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH

Strain,
Isaac H.
Indiana
(Clinton)

  • 1890 - Serving as President, Clinton Single Tax Club

Strand,
William
...
  • 1942 - Led discussion on "Economic Geography," at the Henry George School, New York, 9 September

Strang,
Jeff
...
  • 2017 - Letter to the editor:
    "Economics Can Solve Econological Wars,"
    Portland Tribune, 15 May; GroundSwell, June-July

Strangland,
E.M.
California
(San Diego)

  • 1934 - Serving as Secretary, Henry George Society

Strans,
Ralph I.
...
  • 1956 - Article, "A Majority of Americans Hold Liberal Trade Views,"
    Henry George News, June

Strasma (Stratsma),
John
Wisconsin
  • Agricultural economist, University of Wisconsin
  • 1922 - Born, 29 March, Illinois (Kankakee)
  • 1953 - Graduated DePauw University, Economics and Business)
  • 195x - Earned Ph.D. in economics (Harvard University)
  • 1966 - Chapter ("Property Taxation in Chile") from the book:
    Land and Building Taxes, TRED, Book 4
  • 1989 - Organized Latin American conference on land tenure
  • 1993 - Performed cadastral survey and helped set up a land survey in Albania
  • 1993 - Participated in Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Los Angeles. Paper, "Land and Tax Success Stories end the World: South & Central America," presented
  • 2007 - Died, 13 July

Straube,
L.P.
...
  • 1903 - Synopsis of a Report to the International Stereotypers and Electro-Typers Union Convention, Taxation in Relation to Wages,
    held in Washington, D.C.; reprinted in The Single Tax Review, Autumn

Strawn,
George W.
Oklahoma
(Wagoner)

  • 1890 - Converted to the Single Tax after reading one of Henry George's books
  • 1915 - Endorsed the resolution of Senator Clarence Davis in favor of adopting the Single Tax. Quote:
    "Here's to the Single Tax. May it be submitted to the people. Its operation will be good for every man who desires a home, be he tenant or landlord."

Strealy,
C.G.
Mississippi
(Jackson)

  • 1992 - Article, "Tax Unearned Income on Land to Ease City Woes,"
    Clarion-Ledger

Streeseman,
Adele E.
New York
(New York)

  • 1942 - Address, "Freedom -- A Necessity, Not A Luxury,"
    delivered at the Henry George School commencement exercises, 23 January

Streeter,
Bernard
New Hampshire
  • 1981 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, New Hampshire

Strek,
Otto
Michigan
(Grosse Pointe)

  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
Strobel,
Marie
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)

  • 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania

Strong,
Henry B.
Ohio
(Cleveland)

  • 1921 - Candidate for U.S. Senate, Single Tax Party

Strong,
Martha
...

Strum,
Maurice
...
  • 1940 - Member, staff, The Freeman

Stuart,
D.
California
(Oakland)

  • 1890 - Active in single tax movement

Stuart,
G.E. (Dr.)
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh)

  • 19-- Appointed administrator of a $1,000 fund left in trust by his brother, the income from which was to be devoted to Single Tax promotion
  • 1908 - Died

Stuart,
James Watson
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh)


Stuart,
Marguerite M.
New York
(New York)

  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH

Stuart,
W.H.
...


Stuart,
Will
...

Stucki,
Jubal
-
  • 1991 - Editor, Green Revolution

Studebaker,
Hadley
California
(San Francisco)

  • 1917 - Letter to the editor:
    Everyman, October, in which he wrote:
    "The great public knows nothing about the Equity League and cares less for its reform tax politics. Six hundred thousand votes are waiting to be cast for a free earth. Don't think of lowering the Ideal."

Studer,
A.G. (Dr.)
Michigan
(Detroit)

  • 1937 - Attended Henry George Congress, Detroit, Michigan; 14-16 October

Stumm,
Myrtle
...

Stump,
J. Henry
Pennsylvania
(Reading)

  • 1928 - Mayor; described himself as "an old-time single Taxer"; the city had a Socialist majority on City Council

Sturgis,
S. Warren
Massachusetts
(Boston)

  • 19-- - Serving on board, Henry George School
  • 1944 - Instructor, Henry George School
  • 1952 - Died

Stutman,
Marcella
...

Suarez,
Dolores
Massachusetts
(Springfield)

  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Such,
Peter
Michigan
(Dtroit)

  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI

Sudell,
Harold
Pennsylvania
(Brookline)
Delaware
(New Castle)

  • 1895 - Appointed to National Commission to supervise Delaware campaign for the Single Tax
  • 1917 - Attended Single Tax Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey
  • 1926 - Delegate to Henry George Congress, Philadelphia
  • 1927 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York City, September
  • 1929 - Residing in Chester, Pennsylvania
  • 1929 - Sent to Rep. Ruth Owens a copy of Henry George's book, Protection or Free Trade
  • 1930 - Exchanged correspondence with leading land tax proponents in the United Kingdom, including Edgar Harper, advocating assessing rental rather than sales values

Sudell,
Harold
1931-1940
  • 1932 - Became a member of the advisory committee for the Henry George School, New York
  • 1932 - Letter, "Land Value Taxation is the Right Property Tax",
    explaining the virtues of land value taxation, Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 1935 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York, NY
  • 1935 - Drafted a land tax bill for Philadelphia
  • 1938 - Attended Henry George birthday celebration in Arden, Delaware
  • 1939 - Address, on the Philadelphia Land Tax Bill,
    delivered before the Current Events Forum, Kensington, YWCA, 17 April
  • 1939 - Letter to the editor:
    restating the basic merits of the Single Tax,
    Land and Freedom, November-December
  • 1940 - Member, Henry George School advisory council

Sudell,
Harold
1941 on
  • 1941 - Elected trustee, Henry George School of Philadelphia
  • 1942 - Article, A Dream,
    Land & Liberty, November
  • 1943 - Attended Henry George birthday celebration, Arden, Delaware
  • 1943 - Letter to the editor:
    In Defense of the Single Tax,
    sent to the editor of Farm Journal in answer to criticisms of Henry George. Reprinted in Henry George News, November
  • 1944 - Letter to the editor:
    opposing sale of public lands as proposed by Senator Byrd,
    Henry George News, February
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
  • 1949 - Address, "The Great Crusade -- 1896-1949,"
    delivered at the Henry George Foundation Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 16 September
  • 1954 - Died (age 94)

Sullivan,
A.M.
...
  • 1959 - Elected trustee, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation

Sullivan,
Dan
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh)

  • 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
  • 1979 - Worked on passage of increase in land tax
  • 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, New York, NY
  • 1980 - Pamphlet, Pittsburgh's Land Value Tax,
    published
  • 1982 - Attended annual Georgist Conference, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, 16-19 July
  • 1984 - Attended CGO conference, Pawling, NY

Sullivan,
Dan
1986-2000
  • 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama
  • 1988 - Article, "An Investment Proposal for Georgists,"
    Georgist Journal, Summer
  • 1999 - Article, "Legislative Success in Pennsylvania,"
    Georgist Journal, Winter

Sullivan,
Dan
2001
  • 2001 - Essay, "Common Rights vs. Collective Rights"
  • 2001 - Presentation, "Sabrer's Conceptual Mistakes re Assessment of Allegheny County,"
    made at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Pittsburgh, PA
  • 2001 - Participated in panel on organizing, Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 20 August

Sullivan,
Dan
2002
  • 2002 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, London, Ontario, 21-25 July

Sullivan,
Dan
2003-2005
  • 2003 - Participated in panel, "Missed Opportunities: Great Economics but Terrible Politics," Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Bridgeport, CT, 19 July
  • 2004 - Photograph,
    at the Henry George School, Philadelphia, September
  • 2004 - Participated in panels: (1) A Georgist Approach to Strategy; (2) Georgist Education: Goals and Criteria -- Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • 2005 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August

Sullivan,
Dan
2006-2010
  • 2006 - Participated in debate, "Was Henry George Wrong About Free Trade?"
    with Lindy Davies, at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Evanston, IL, 21 July
  • 2006 - Address, "The Myth of Corporate Efficiency,"
    delivered at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Evanston, IL, 22 July
  • 2007 - Article, "Pop Dread and Corn Pone Opinions,"
    Georgist Journal, No.106, Winter
  • 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, July
  • 2009 - Parcipated in a panel discussion: The Politics of Assessment,
    with Francis Peddle, Ted Gwartney, Joshua Vincent and Steve Gardner, at the conference of 'the Council of Georgist Organizations, Kansas City, Missouri; 10 July. GroundSwell, 2009
  • 2009 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Cleveland, Ohio
  • 2010 - Address, "The Georgist Theory of (Zero) Interest,"
    delivered at the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Albany, NY, 15 July
  • 2010 - Moderated roundtable on networking with diverse groups, Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Albany, NY, 16 July

Sullivan,
Dan
2011-2013
  • 2011 - Article, "CGO 2011: 'The Henry George Theorem at Work'",
    Georgist Journal, No.118, Summer
  • 2011 - Participated in the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Bloomington, Minnesota; 2-6 August. Gave presentations, "Henry George's Predictions of Railroad Expansion to California," 2 August; and, "Pittsburgh's Public Subsidies to the Pirates and Steelers: Who Really Paid?" 3 August
  • 2012 - Elected President, Council of Georgist Organizations; July
  • 2012 - Attended the conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations, Camp Hill, PA; July
  • 2013 - Article, "Sales Tax Destroys Commerce",
    Georgist Journal, No.122, Spring
  • 2013 - Article, "Creating Honest, Debt-Free Money Locally",
    Georgist Journal, No.123, Winter

Sullivan,
Dan
2014 on
  • 2014 - Attended the Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Newport Beach, California; 7-11 July. Participated in the roundable on Alternatives to Existing Monetary Systems
  • 2015 - Participated in the joint conference of the International Union and Council of Georgist Organizations conference; Southfield, Michigan; 4-8 August
  • 2016 - Paper, Southern Slavery, Northern Complicity,
    presented at the conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations, Orlando, Florida, 16 August. Reprinted in GroundSwell, July-August, pp. 2,13-15
  • 2017 - Lead discussion of excerpts from Ralph Nader's video, "It's Easier Than You Think," at the conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations, O'Fallon, Illinois, 30 July
  • 2023 - Stepped down as President of the Council of Georgist Organizations, which dissolved by vote of members

Sullivan,
F.E.
...

Sullivan,
J.W.
...
  • 1888 - Writer for The Standard; dismissed for taking stances in opposition to Henry George's principles
  • 1889 - Article, "A Collapse of Henry George's Pretensions,"
    published, accusing Henry George of basing Progress and Poverty on Patrick Edward Dove's book

Sullivan,
Louis
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • Profession: Architect
  • 1890s - Active supporter of Henry George

Sullivan,
Mark
New York
(New York)

  • 197- - Graduated from the New School for Social Research
  • 1976 - Founded The Storm!, a journal for free spirits
  • 1980 - Elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Council of Georgist Organizations (served in this position until 1991)
  • 1980 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, New York, NY
  • 1981 - Became teacher and Research Librarian at the Henry George School, New York (served in this position until 1992)
  • 1981 - Organized New York City Earth Day conference (and 1982, 1983)
  • 1981 - Served as U.S. liaison for Land & Liberty (until 1992)
  • 1981 - Article, "U.S. Tax Revolt: A Mixed Bag That Benefits Speculators,"
    Land & Liberty, March/April
  • 1982 - Attended International Union conference, Utrecht, Holland
  • 1982 - Attended annual Georgist Conference, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, 16-19 July
  • 1984 - Attended International Union conference, Cambridge, England
  • 1984 - Review of the book:
    Green Politics,
    by Fritjof Capra and Charlene Spretnak, Georgist Journal, Summer

Sullivan,
Mark
1986-1990
  • 1986 - Took a leave of absence from the Henry George School to work at Laissez-Faire Books for several months
  • 1986 - Rejoined Henry George School after renegotiating duties; became editor of the Henry George Newsletter
  • 1988 - Introduction ("Bolton Hall and the Third Tradition") to Selections from Free America and Other Works by Bolton Hall, published by Loompanics Unlimited
  • 1989 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Philadelphia, PA

Sullivan,
Mark
1991-1995
  • 1991 - Elected Secretary of the Council of Georgist Organizations
  • 1992 - Left the Henry George School, NY to join staff of Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 199- - Appointed Secretary-Treasurer of the American Journal of Economics and Sociology
  • 1994 - Elected Vice-President of the Council of Georgist Organizations
  • 1994 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Fairhope, Alabama

Sullivan,
Mark
1996-2000
  • 1996 - Became Executive Assistant of Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 1996 - Became Treasurer, American Journal of Economics and Sociology
  • 1997 - Elected Vice-President of the Council of Georgist Organizations
  • 1999 - Assumed Presidency of CGO following the resignation of Drew Harris
  • 1999 - Compiled, edited and contributed to the Post-Centenary Edition of The Anarchists: A Picture of Civilization at the Close of the 19th Centyry, by John Henry Mackay
  • 2000 - Elected President of CGO

Sullivan,
Mark
2001-2005
  • 2001 - Became Deputy Director of Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 2003 - Elected President of CGO
  • 2003 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Bridgeport, CT, 16-20 July
  • 2004 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 22-24 July
  • 2005 - Stepped down as President, Council of Georgist Organizations; attended CGO conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August

Sullivan,
Mark
2006-2010
  • 2006 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Evanston, IL, July
  • 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, July
  • 2008 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Kansas City, Missouri
  • 2009 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Additional activities: Co-edited with Michael E. Coughlin and charles H. Hamilton, Benjamin R. Tucker and the Champions of Liberty, an anthology about the work of the American individualist anarchist and his journal, Liberty, (1881-1908). Co-authored in that volume with Mildred J. Loomis: "Laurance Labadie: Keeper of the Flame," 1986, published by Michale E. Coughlin.

Sullivan,
Mark
2011 on
  • 2012 - Attended conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations, Camp Hill, PA; July
  • 2015 - Attended the joint conference of the International Union and Council of Georgist Organizations; Southfield, Michigan; 4-8 August

Sullivan,
Walter
New York
(New York)

  • 1956 - Teacher, Henry George School

Sully,
Elizabeth M.E.
Colorado
(Colorado Springs)

  • 1890s - Became an active supporter of the Single Tax
  • 1927 - Died, Age 87

Sulzer,
William
...

Sumichrast, Michael ...
  • 1921 - Born, 31 March (Trencin, Czechoslovakia)
  • 1948 - Fled communist Czechoslovakia to Austria, then migrated to Australia
  • 1955 - Migrated to the United States, where he began working in the home building industry
  • 1956 - Moved to Columbus, Ohio and entered Ohio State University
  • 1956 - Article, "After the Students Have Gone Home,"
    Henry George School Alumni Pages, July-August
  • 1962 - Earned a Ph.D. in economics
  • 1962 - Moved to Washington, D.C. and joined the National Association of Home Builders as an economist
  • 1965 - Became NAHB chief economist
  • 1979 - Book, The Complete Book of Home Buying
  • 2007 - Died, 4 September (age 86)

Sumner,
Thomas (Mrs.)
Illinois
(Maywood)

  • 1949 - Member, Henry George Woman's Club

Sumner,
William Graham
...
  • 1880 - Comment by Charles Albro Barker (Henry George, 1955, p.332):
    "Sumner wrote a demolition review of 'Progress and Poverty' and 'The Irish Land Question' in Scribner's."

Sunderland,
J.T.
...

Sundt,
Edith
California
(San Diego)

  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA

Susskind,
Joseph
New Jersey
  • 193- - Elected to the first board of trustees, Henry George School, New Jersey
  • 1959 - Died, December 28

Sussna,
Robert
...
  • 1958 - Paper, "The Bethlehem Tax Survey,"
    presented at Henry George Foundation conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; November

Sutcliffe,
C.K.
California
(Berkeley)

  • 1937 - Completed Henry George course under Noah Alper
  • 1938 - Began teaching Henry George classes

Sutherland,
C.A. (Mrs.)
...
  • 1949 - Attended International Union conference, Swanwick, England
  • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark

Sutherland,
George
...
  • 1899 - Letter to the editor:
    Tax Only Land,
    New York Times, 1 February

Sutterfield,
George
New York
  • 1896 - Movement progress as reported to The Single Tax, September:
    "The work of the Single Tax goes bravely on in this country. From all parts of the United States the accounts point to steady progress. Great public interest, even among our opponents, has been aroused by the tyrannical treaetment of the Single Taxers of Delaware politicians, and many who had never given the mattermoer than a passing thought are now asking themselves, 'What is the Single Tax for which men are being sent to prison, and going gladly'. Nothing could have been conceived or better calculated to help ourcause than the stupid action of the Dover, Delaware authorities."

Sutterfield,
Waco
Arkansas
(Mountain Home)

  • 2000 - Completed Henry George course with Ben Russell; became director of CEI

Swago,
Lloyd (Mrs.)
Illinois
(Lincoln)

  • 1949 - Member, Henry George woman's Club of Chicago

Swan,
Herbert S.
...

Swan,
Thomas Wallace
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)

  • 1926 - Only African-American delegate to the Henry George Congress, Philadelphia

Swank,
H.S.
Ohio
(Columbus)

  • 1890 - Serving as President, Columbus Single Tax Club

Swann,
Robert
Photograph
Massachusetts
(Great Barrington)

  • 1942 - Serves prison term as conscientious objector
  • 1956 - Moved to Philadelphia to work on the first inter-racial housing project in the U.S.
  • 196- - Moved to Connecticut
  • 1968 - Founded the Institute for Community Economics
  • 1979 - Paper, "The Cooperative Concept Land Banks,"
    presented at Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA, August
  • 1980 - Steps down as Executive Director of the Institute for Community Economics
  • 1981 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, New Hampshire
  • 19-- - Founds E.F. Schumacher Society
  • 1984 - Address, on Community Land Trusts,
    delviered at the CGO conference, Pawling, NY
  • 1992 - Interviewed by Community Economics, Summer
  • 2003 - Died, 18 January

Swann,
Thomas Wallace
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
  • 1916 - Serving as Managing Editor, The Freedman, Washington, DC
  • 1916 - Letter to the editor:
    of sympathy to Marie George, widow of Henry George, Jr.,
    15 November
  • 1945 - Address, on influence of Henry George's ideas on his life at the Henry George School,
    Philadelphia, PA; 29 September

Swanson,
E.C.
Illinois
(Chicago)

  • 1940 - Instructor, Henry George School

Swanson,
F.G.
...

Swanson,
John A.
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November

Swanton,
Edith
District of Columbia
  • 1936 - Serving as Secretary, Henry George School extension

Swanton,
Lucy A.
District of Columbia
  • 1927 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York City, September
  • 1933 - Died, July (this is the death of the wife of W.I. Swanton; it is not verified that Lucy Swanton is this person)

Swanton,
Walter F.
Washingon, D.C.
New York
(Rochester)

  • Son of Walter I. Swanton
  • 1919 - Born, Washington, DC
  • 1947 - Earned masters degree, University of Rochester
  • 19-- - Elected trustee, Center for the Study of Economics
  • 1960 - Paper, on value of U.S. land
  • 1986 - Booklet, Graphical Econometrics
    written and distributed
  • 197- - Became member, HGI
  • 1982 - Attended International Union conference, Utrecht, Holland
  • 1990 - Died, January 19

Swanton,
Walter I.
Mass.
(Newton)

  • 1869 - Born, St. Joseph, Missouri
  • 1903 - Moved to Washington, DC
  • 19-- - Graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and National University Law School
  • 19-- - Represented Washington, DC, in the Federation of Citizens' Assocations
  • 1927 - Attended Henry George Congress, New York City, September
  • 1933 - Graduated from MIT, engineering
  • 1930s - Founded extension, Henry George School
  • 1936 - Residing in Colorado
  • 1936 - Attended the conference of the International Union, London, England; 1-5 September
  • 1940 - Attended Henry George Foundation of America Congress, Washington, DC; 25-27 September
  • 1940 - Retired from government service
  • 1943 - Died, 22 June, Newton, Massachusetts

Swarte,
Madeleine
New York
(New York)

  • 1936 - Serving as Editor, The New Standard
  • 1937 - Serving as Editor, Henry George News Service

Swaw,
J.W.
Missouri
(High Gate)

  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, High Gate Single Tax League

Swearingen,
A.E.
Missouri
(Kansas City)

  • 19-- - Became active in the Henry George movement
  • 1930s - One of the original sponsors of the Henry George School in Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1939 - Died, 19 January (age 68)
  • 1939 - Article, "A.E. Swearingen," The Freeman, March:
    "Armstead Ernest Swearingen, chairman of the sponsoring committee of the Kansas City Extension, suffered a fatal heart attack on January 19 while attending a meeting of the American Legion post named for his son, Hewitt J. Swearingen."

Sweeney,
______
Illinois
  • 1938 - U.S. House of Representatives submitted resolution requesting the postmaster general issue a memorial stamp to commemorate the birth of Henry George

Sweeny,
Barbara Grosser
...
  • 1940 - Attended Henry George Foundation of American Congress, Washington, DC; 25-27 September

Sweeney,
Jeremiah
Rhode Island
(Providence)

  • 1930 - Died; active supporter of the Single Tax

Sweeney,
John P.
Massachusetts
(Lawrence)

  • 1890 - Serving as President, Lawrence Single Tax Club

Sweet,
Harold
California
(San Diego)

  • 1989 - Trustee, Basic Economic Education

Sweet,
Harold
California
(San Diego)

  • 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA

Sweetser,
Arthur
...

Swett,
John
California
(San Francisco)

  • 1878 - Participated with Henry George in study and discussion group
  • 1878 - Serving as principal of Girl's High School

Swift,
F.H.
...

Swift,
Morrison
...

Swinney,
Edward B.
New York
(Brooklyn)
California
(Los Angeles)

  • 1907 - Serving as Secretary, Single Tax Information Bureau
  • 1931 - elected to the National Advisory Committee of the Henry George Foundation of America
  • 1932 - Article, "A Plan for America,"
    Los Angeles Record, 24 September
  • 193- - Letter to the editor:
    Post-Gazette:
    "When the wheels of industry once more begin to hum, the same forces that brought about the depression will start us riding for another fall, unless we sensibly conclude to eliminate all profit in the mere ownership of land."
  • 1936 - Sent out 1500 letters to newspapers and periodicals promoting the Single Tax
  • 1939 - Died, 20 February (at Los Angeles, California)
  • 1940 - $1,000 bequest left to the Henry George School, New York, NY

Swinton,
John
New York
  • 1879 - Received letter from Henry George regarding publication of Progress and Poverty

Swinton,
Lucy R.
District of Columbia
  • 1933 - Died; had been active for many years in the Women's Single Tax Club of Washington, DC

Swirsky,
Sonia
New York
(New York)

  • 1952 - Taught first Henry George course on Long Island
  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH

Swofford,
Loral D.
Missouri
(St.Louis)

  • 1964 - Appointed director, Henry George School
  • 1966 - Attended Henry George School conference, St. Louis, Missouri (and acted as host)
  • 1967 - Attended Henry George School conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; July
  • 1968 - Paper, on teaching Henry George,
    presented at Henry George Schools conference, Miami Beach, FL
  • 1969 - Attended Henry George School conference, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1970 - Attended Henry George School conference, Calgary
  • 1972 - Died, 23 August

Swope,
Ambrose H.
Pennsylvania
(Johnstown)
(Westmont)

  • 1928 - Single Tax leader in Johnstown; spoke at memorial celebration for Louis F. Post, New York, NY, April
  • 1928 - Elected Treasurer, Fair Taxation and Assessment League of Pennsylvania
  • 1942 - Died, 26 January. Described as a "strong advocate of the single tax plan."

Swope,
Romola
Pennsylvania
(Johnstown)

  • 1937 - Visited Georgists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, who provied the Argentines with "abundant material for education...."
  • 1938 - Visited Georgists in New South Wales, Australia; left the U.S. on 10 January

Sycamore,
H.
...

Syddall,
Daniel
...

Sykes,
McCready
...

Sykes,
W.H.
Kansas
(Leonardville)

  • 1918 - Letter to the editor:
    Everyman, April,
    regarding the death of Herman Kuehn

Symington-Brown,
W. (Dr.)
Massachusetts
(Stoneham)

  • 1890 - Serving as President, Stoneham Single Tax League

Sypher,
J. Hale
...
  • 1882 - Letter to U.S. President Arthur written by Henry George regarding his treatment by British authorities in Ireland, delivered by J. Hale Sypher

Szakos,
Joe
Kentucky
  • 1982 - Attended annual Georgist Conference, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, 16-19 July
  • 1984 - Member, Kentucky Fair Tax Coalition
  • 1984 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Pawling, NY

Szmak,
Geza C.
New York
(New York)

  • 1896 - Born, Hungary
  • 19-- - Migrated to the United States; became a construction surveyor; active supporter of the Single Tax
  • 1975 - Died, May 3, age 79