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A Biographical History of the Georgist Movement



“The grey heads and bald heads are in the majority. The problem that confronts those of us who want the torch held up in the future, is to fill up the ranks. In order to do that many things must be done, but we must not depend on the old or middle-aged. Somehow or other we must devise a way to reach the minds of the young people – when their minds are open, when they are ready for new truths.”

Mr. Rose, of Kansas City, Missouri (from a speech at the 1928 Henry George Foundation Congress, Chicago. Reprinted in: Land and Freedom, September-October 1928)


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Name Place(s) of Residence Comments
Packard,
Leslie F.
California
(Hollywood)
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Padelford,
C.R.
...
Profession: Dentist
Padelford,
F. Mason
Massachusetts
(Fall River)
Profession: physician
  • 19-- - Graduated, Boston College
  • 1910 - First read Progress and Poverty
  • 194- - Pamphlet, presenting a complete summary of the Georgist philosophy, published
  • 1942 - Article, Economics of Democracy, The Freeman, December-March
  • 1943 - Economics of Democracy, Part 2, The Freeman, January
Padelford,
Hubert C. (Dr.)
Massachusetts
(Falls River)
Profession: Dentist
  • 1942 - Visited Henry George School in New York, NY
  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
Page,
B.E.
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Page,
Calvin G. (Dr.)
Massachusetts
(Fall River)
  • 1930 - Attended a conference on tuberculosis in Copenhagen, Denmark; planned to visit Single Tax friends
Page,
Edwin K.
Massachusetts,
Worcester
  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Single Tax League of Worcester
Painter,
Landon C.
Virginia
Alexandria
  • 1929 - Developed adverstising to promote Henry George's proposals, Land and Freedom, March-April
  • 1935 - Candidate for the state senate; campaigned included proposal for land value taxation as part of his program
Palliser,
Melvin
New York
(New York)
  • 1903 - Chairman, Executive Committee, Henry George Committee of One Hundred
Palmer,
Courtlandt
New York
(New York)
  • 1843 - Born, 25 March, New York
  • 1869 - Graduated Columbia University Law School
  • 188- - Founded the Nineteenth Century Club to promote "free thought" and served as its first President
  • 188- - Became acquainted with Henry George and involved in the Single Tax movement
  • 1888 - Died
Palmer,
Ernest U.
California
(Chula Vista)
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
Palmer,
James
California
(Chula Vista)
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
    1961 - Instructor, Henry George School
  • 1961 - Elected to board, Henry George School, San Diego, CA
  • 196- - Elected President of the board, Henry George School
  • 1969 - Died, July
Palmer,
William J.
Michigan
(Detroit)
California
(Chula Vista)
  • 1940 - Served as Extension Secretary, Henry George School, Detorit
  • 1942 - Participated in "Wake Up, America" radio discussion on "Taxation and Social Progress" with economist Alfred P. Haake, 5 May
  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
Palmieri,
Rose
California
(Los Angeles)
  • 1952 - Joined faculty, Henry George School
Palmquist,
Elim A.E. (Rev.)
...
  • 1940 - Member, Henry George School advisory council
Palzin,
Ernest
Illinois
(Chicago)
  • 1940 - Instructor, Henry George School
Panzner,
Max
New York
(New York)
  • 19-- - Graduated Hunter College 1999 - Teacher, HGS, NY
Papadeas,
Apostolos
New York
(New York)
  • 195- - Professor, Toronto University
  • 1953 - Taught course, "Modern Economic Thought," Henry George School
Papini,
Rose
California
(San Francisco)
  • 1951 - Instructor, Henry George School
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Parker,
Foxhall A.
Texas,
(Weimar)
  • 1953 - Letter, Henry George News, October
  • 1960 - Letter, Henry George News, November
  • 1964 - Delivered talk on money, Temple University, Philadelphia (following HGS conference, NYC)
  • 1967 - Died, May
Parker,
George W.
California
  • 1966-67 - Serving as President, Henry George School
Parker,
Rufus S.
Nebraska
(Omaha)
  • 1890 - Serving as President, Omaha Single Tax Club
Parker,
Wayne
Mississippi
  • 2002 - Candidate for U.S. Congress
Parkhurst,
Ursa
California
(Los Angeles)
  • 1958 - Instructor, Henry George School
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Parsons,
Louis B.
New York
(New York)
  • 1927 - Letter, commenting on the policies expressed in the New Republic, Land and Freedom, May-June
  • 1932 - Died, 17 November; long-time member of the Manhattan Single Tax Club
Paske,
Gerald

Photograph
...
Passieu,
Louis E.
...
  • 1939 - Letter, confirming his role as charter member of the Anti-Poverty Society. He writes: "... and I assure you that I have not lost interest in the Single Tax on land values. I read The Freeman as part of my religion." The Freeman, January
Pastoriza,
J.J.
Texas
(Houston)
  • 1904 - Interviewed by the Houston Chronicle, 23 October
  • 1918 - Elected mayor; put into place a policy of taxing land at a higher rate than property improvements
  • 1911-1915 - Served as Finance and Tax Commissioner; attempted to introduce Georgist taxation to the city.
Patermo,
Joseph t.
New Jersey
  • 198- - Paper, "A Taxation Policy to Encourage Economic Development and to Revitalize New Jersey's Urban Centers" [unpublished]
Peterson,
Hugh
Georgia
  • 1935 - Serving in the U.S. House of Representatives; in a letter to E.B. Gaston, he wrote: "I am especially interested in your views regarding the Single Tax. I have studied the Single Tax rather thoroughly and I am heartily in accord with the economic theories of Henry George."
Paton,
William A.
Michigan
(Ann Arbor)
  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
Patten,
Simon N.
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)
Professor, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  • 189- - Article, "Another View of the Ethics of Land Tenure," published
Patterson,
Adah (Dr.)
California
(Edendale)
  • Wife of George W. Patterson
  • 1917 - Letter, Everyman, October, in which he wrote: "The Fresno Socialist Convention sincerely meant to endorse the full Single Tax. If 'something just as good' was put over on it, those responsible will find that Socialists voters are not pussy-footers. The Equity reformers lack a sense of humor when they claim Socialist support for a measure that would forbid us to raise revenue from land values for our old-age pensions, mothers endowments, and disability and disemployment indemnity bills."
  • 1931 - Died
Patterson,
George W.
...
  • 1906 - Elected Secretary, Los Angeles Single Tax Society (served to 1909)
Patterson,
Colorado
  • Owner of The Rocky Mountain News
  • 19-- - Elected to U.S. Senate
  • 1912 - Worked on Initiative & Referendum effort
Patsakos,
Peter
New York
(New York)
Physician and long-time Henry George Institute instructor. Introduced to Henry George's ideas as a student of Robert Clancy
  • 1961 - Vice President, Justice Party
  • 1961 - Attended Henry George School conference, Hartford, Connecticut
  • 1963 - Letter, proposing a reduction in the capital gains tax rate, Henry George News
  • 1963 - Taught Henry George course at the Marianist Fathers university in Averquipa, Peru
  • 1964 - Letter, Henry George News, August
  • 1965 - Article, "Servant or Bureaucrat?" Henry George News, June
  • 1965 - Letter, Henry George News, November
  • 1966 - Attended Henry George School conference, St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1992-93 - Article, "Improving Capitalism," Georgist Journal, Winter
  • 2003 - Died, 30 October
Paul,
F.A.
New York
(Syracuse)
  • 1890 - Serving as President, Syracuse Single Tax Club
Paul,
Max
California
(Stockton)
  • 1917 - Letter, Everyman, October, in which he wrote: "All the Singletaxers here that I know are for the One Tax on land values and no other tax. There are no trimmers here. We are not afraid."
Paulin,
Wayne
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh)
  • 1911 - Active Single Taxer; Secretary, Single Tax Club of Pittsburgh
Paulino,
Elias (Rev.)
New York
(New York)
  • 1942 - Born, Dominican Republic
  • 1987 - Emigrated to U.S.
  • 1994 - Joins faculty, Latin American Affairs department, Henry George School
  • 1994 - Teaching Fundamental Economics in Spanish
  • 1997 - Died, February 18
Pausch,
Max
California
(San Francisco)
  • 1950 - Joins faculty, Henry George School
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
  • 1966 - Died
Pazinick,
Steve
...
  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Peabody,
George Foster
...
  • 1852 - Born, (Columbus, Georgia, 27 July
  • 1866 - Family moved from Georgia to Brooklyn, New York
  • 1880 - Read Henry George's Progress and Poverty and became advocate
  • 1881 - Became a partner in a mercantile firm, Spencer Trask & Co.
  • 1884 - Became trustee, Hampton University (Virginia)
  • 1904 - Served as Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee
  • 1914 - Served on board of directors of New York Federal Reserve
  • 1914 - Presided at a memorial meeting for Joseph Fels, 13 March, Cooper Union, New York, NY
  • 1923 - Purchased the Warm Springs, Georgia property and set up the rehab center visited by Franklin Roosevelt
  • 1933 - Letter, on political economy, New York Times
  • 1938 - Died, 4 March
Peach,
Paul
New York
(New York)
California
(Santa Monica)
  • 1930s - Completed courses at Henry George School and then appointed Assistant Director under Frank Chodorov
  • 1938 - Article, "The Problem of Tax Delinquency," The Freeman, September
  • 1939 - Article, "Land Value," The Freeman, May
  • 1939 - Article, "Let's Pass A Law About It," The Freeman, July
  • 1940 - Article, "Footnote on a Forbidden Paradise," The Freeman, May
  • 1940 - Article, "Hunger Problem Solved," The Freeman, June
  • 1940 - Address, "The Money Problem," at Long Island Forum, 4 June
  • 1940 - Article, Freedom of Speech, The Freeman, November (an address delivered at Columbia University)
  • 1940 - Article, "The Sugar Act of 1937 -- Sweetening the Monopoly Pot," The Freeman, Decmeber
  • 1941 - Serving as Assistant Editor, The Freeman
  • 1940s - Associate Professor of Statistics, North Carolina State College
  • 1941 - Article, The Slums of Sydney, The Freeman, January
  • 1941 - Article, Decline and Fall of the Pay Envelope, The Freeman, June
  • 1941 - Article, "Who Knows About Money," The Freeman, December
  • 1942 - Article, Who Knows About Money, The Freeman, January
  • 1942 - Review of the book, Basic Principles of Economics, by Harry Gunnison Brown. The Freeman, March
  • 1942 - Article, The Nature and Causes of Interest, The Freeman, September
  • 1942 - Article, There Is No Interest, as response by Mitchell Lurio to Paul Peace. The Freeman, October
  • 1964 - Letter to Joseph Stockman, in which he wrote:
    "We have long since ceased to be active in the Georgist movement: not because we have less esteem for the ideas of Henry George, but because we have felt the movement was more of a personal cult than a scientific effort. I have been wondered whether mankind deserves or even wants economic freedom, and the more so during recent years, when the political trend seems to be more and more toward government control and away from individual freedom: this even in the USA, let alone other countries with no tradition of personal freedom."
Peacock,
Dan
New York
(Auburn)
  • 1890 - Serving as President, Auburn Single Tax Club
Pearson,
Ruth
Minnesota
(Minneapolis)
  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
  • 1979 - Active in Citizens League of Minneapolis
Peary,
Clara
Nebraska
(Omaha)
  • 1939 - Member, Executive Committee, Henry George Fellowship
Peck,
Martin E.
...
  • 1942 - Article, "Pensions and Land Ownership," The Freeman, March
Pedder,
D.C. (Col.)
...
Peele,
David
North Carolina
(Montreat)
  • 1979 - Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
Peele,
H. Vaughn
Ohio
(Springfield)
  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
Peele,
William
North Carolina
(Montreat)
  • 1976 - First introduced to ideas of Henry George
Peelle,
H. Vaughn
Ohio
Florida
(Sun City)
Member, Henry George Institute
  • 1950 - took HG course, taught by Verlin D. Godron
  • 1954 - Co-chair of Ohio Annual Conference, Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio
  • 19-- - Moved to Florida
  • 1986 - Died, April 18
Peirce,
William S.
Ohio
(Gates Mill)
  • 1986 - Article, Land Reform in the Real World, Land & Liberty, January-February
  • 1990 - Make Tax Abatement General, GroundSwell, March-June
  • 2007 - Elected to the board, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 2007 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, July
Pellegrini,
Casimir J.
Pennsylvania
(Pittsburgh)
  • 1939 - Instructor, Henry George School
Pence,
H.L.
California
  • 1890 - Attended National Conference of Single Tax Clubs, Cooper Union, New York City, September
Pendleton,
George H.
Pennsylvania
(Beaver County)
Profession: U.S. Marine Corp., Major General
  • 1886 - First became interested in Henry George's ideas when he was campaigning for mayor of New York city; joined the Manhattan Single Tax club
  • 19xx - Served as governor of San Domingo and brought about reforms in taxation
  • 1927 - Retired, residing in Corondo, California
Pendleton,
Joseph H.
California
(San Diego)
Profession: military officer; rank of major-general, U.S. Marine Corp.
  • 1860 - Born, Pennsylvania
  • 1878 - Entered U.S. Naval Academy
  • 1924 - Retired from military
  • 1930s - One of founders of Henry George School, San Diego
  • 1942 - Died, 5 February, age 81
Penley,
Howard
Massachusetts
(Boston)
  • 1943 - Letter, challenging William Rinkenbach's interpretation of the socialist program in the U.S., Henry George News, September
PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEAL
Pennsylvania
  • 1926 - Periodical of the Pennsylvania State Committee of the Commonwealth Land Party, edited by R.C. Macauley
PENNSYLVANIA FAIR TAX COALITION Pennsylvania
(Bala Cynwyd)
  • 198s - Established, Jacob Himmelstein, Director
PENNSYLVANIA SINGLE TAX PARTY Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)
  • 19-- - Located at 1515 Arch Street; James A. Dix, Secretary
Penrose,
Boies
Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia)
  • 1860 - Born, 1 November
  • 1881 - Graduated, Harvard Law School
  • 1896 - Quote: "I believe in the division of labor. You send us to Congress; we pass laws under which you make money ... and out of your profits, you furtehr contribute to our campaign funds to send us back again to pass more laws to enable you to make more money."
  • 1921 - Died
Pensack,
Richard Yisroel
California
(San Francisco)
New Jersey
(Irvington)
  • 1947 - Born
  • 1972 - First read Progress and Poverty at the Henry George School, San Francisco, CA
  • 1974 - Hired by Henry George School as staff assistant and to edit the Analyst
  • 1975 - Left Henry George School employment
  • 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
  • 1995-96 - Letter, Fragments, Winter
  • 1995 - Letter, Illinois Georgist, Fall
  • 2008 - Serving as President, Alliance of Raise Wages and End Poverty, founded 2001
Pentecost,
Hugh O. (Rev.)
New Jersey
(Newark)
  • 1887 - Address, Anti-Slavery and Anti-Poverty before the New York Anti-Poverty Society, 19 June. Reprinted in The New Abolition, September 1939, Vol.1, No.9
  • 1887 - Endorsed Henry George's program: "For my part it is clear that Henry George is in the straight moral position, and since the great body of humanity always end in doing what is right, the time will probably come when all rents will go to the government." New York Times, 7 February
  • 1890s - Photograph
PEOPLE'S TAX PROGRAM FOR MASSACHUSETTS ...
  • 1940 - Luncheon meeting held in Boston to plan action to advance Henry George's ideas; Francis G. Goodale, Chairman
Pepoon,
Percy
Missouri
(St. Louis)
  • 1861 - Born
  • 1890 - Active in single tax movement (through at least until 1929)
Peppe,
Enrico
Florida
(Holder)
Pereira,
Wilbur E.
California
(Los Angeles)
  • 1961 - First took course at Henry George School
  • 1965 - Letter, Henry George News, November
  • 1967 - Article, "Citizen Capitalized," Henry George News, April
  • 1969 - Attended Henry George School conference, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1973 - Attended International Union conference, Isle of Man, September
  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
  • 1978 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
  • 1982 - Attended International Union conference, Utrecht, Holland
  • 1988 - Died, November 26, age 76
Perkins,
Josesph B.
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Perkins,
Lynn F.
New York
  • 1933 - Article, "A Plan for County Organization of the Scientific Tax Assocation of New York State," Land and Freedom, November-December
Perna,
Louis N.
California
(San Diego)
  • Formerly of Newark, New Jersey
  • 1954 - Resigns from Henry George School, New Jersey board; moved to San Diego, California
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
  • 1960 - Teacher, Henry George School
Pernod,
Alexander
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
  • 1926 - Candidate for State Treasurer, Commonwealth Land Party
  • Article, "Single Tax, The Remedy for Industrial Depression," Daily Calumet, Chicago
Perrault,
George K.
Louisiana
(Opelousas)
  • 1913 - Elected to the State legislature (leader of the opposition to Huey Long)
  • 1930s - Became a proponent of the Single Tax
  • 1935 - Died, 8 January (age 36)
Perrini,
Joseph J.
...
  • 1939 - Address, "Economic Causes for Anti-Semitism," to Loyal Fellows, Steinway Hall, NY, 17 October
Perry,
Arthur Latham
...
  • 1830 - Born
  • 1852 - Graduated from Williams College
  • 1853 - Taught political economy at Williams College, remaining on the faculty until 1891
  • 1866 - Book, Elements of Poliical Economy, first published; 22 editions published thru 1895
  • 1905 - Died
Perry,
C.F.
Illinois
(Quincy)
  • 1890 - Serving as President, Gem City Single Tax Club
Perry,
F.K.
Connecticut
(Union City)
  • 1927 - Active supporter of the Single Tax
  • 1930 - Letter, regarding progress of the Single Tax movement, Land and Freedom, January-February
  • 1932 - Died (age 83)
Perry,
H.
New York
(Syracuse)
  • 1890 - Serving as Secretary, Syracuse Single Tax Club
Pestoff,
A.
New Jersey
(Westfield)
  • 1943 - Instructor, Henry George School; taught classes in Westfield
Peterson,
Jaffray
New York
(Bellmore)
  • 1890s - First began active support of Henry George's ideas
  • 1944 - Letter, recalling statement by Henry Ward Beecher, Henry George News, February
Peters,
Edward T.
District of Columbia
  • 1898 - Article, "Memorandum in Relation to 'A Criticism of the Single Tax' by Newton M. Taylor," in the special edition of Equity Series on "The Land Question from Various Points of View," Vol.1, No.2, pp.223-230
  • 1898 - Article, "John Stuart Mill's Plan of Land Reform," in the same publication as above,pp.231-246
Peterson (Graham),
Violetta
New York
(New York)
Massachusetts
(Nagog Woods)
  • 1902 - Born, England (Kidderminster)
  • 1936 - Joined staff, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation as executive secretary
  • 1942 - Article, Louis F. Post: Defender of Human Rights, The Freeman, July
  • 1942 - Report, on visits to colleges across the United States, discussing teaching of Henry George, Land and Freedom, September-October
  • 1946 - Article, The Politics of Social Reform, a review of the book, Confronting the Land Question, by Jackson H. Ralston. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, May, pp.418-419
  • 1946 - Article, Land Titles Investigated, a review of the book, Land Title Origins, by Alfred N. Chandler, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, May, pp.558-559
  • 1949 - Delivered report on Robert Schalkenbach Foundation at International Union conference, Swanwick, England
  • 1949 - Address, "the Labor Government and the British Single Tax Movement," delivered at the Henry George Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 16 September
  • 1952 - Article, "Man and His Land," Henry George News, April
  • 1952 - Attended International Union conference, Odense, Denmark
  • 1952 - Article, "Tak for Alt -- Denmark," Henry George News, September
  • 1953 - Article, "Land Value Taxation: A World Survey," Henry George News, September
  • 1954 - Article, "Progress and Poverty Lasts," Henry George News, August
  • 1955 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
  • 1955 - Address, "The Land to the Tiller," delivered at International Union conference, Scotland, August; printed in Henry George News, October
  • 1957 - Article, Arthur Wilhelm Madsen, Henry George News, May
  • 1957 - Article, "Developing a Georgist Movie," Henry George News, August
  • 1958 - Photograph
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
  • 1958 - Article, "The Torches Are Lit," Henry George News, September
  • 1959 - Exec. Secretary, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 1959 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 1959 - Attended International Union conference, Hanover, West Germany
  • 1959 - Article, Pathways to land Reform, Henry George News, October
  • 1960 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, Detroit, MI
  • 1960 - Article, "Land ... and Space to Grow," Henry George News, December
  • 1961 - Attended Henry George School conference, Hartford, Connecticut
  • 1967 - Attended Henry George School conference, Montreal, Quebec; July
  • 1967 - Remembrance, "Bell Tolls for a Hero (Sid Evans)," Henry George News, April
  • 1973 - Participated in panel on teaching methods, Conference on the Property Tax, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; co-sponsored by the Henry George School and the Schools of Economic Science; 4-7 July
  • 1973 - Attended International Union conference, Isle of Man, September
  • 1977 - Retired from Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
  • 1979 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, San Francisco, CA
  • 1989 - Died, November 21, age 87 (Boca Raton, Florida)
  • 1990 - Remembrance, by Richard Noyes, GroundSwell, January-February
Peterson,
Walter
Illinois
(Chicago)
  • 1931 - Article, "The Single Tax," Federation News, 14 February
Petry,
Edward J.
Missouri
(Kansas City)
  • 193- - Completed Henry George course
  • 1939 - Died, October
Pettengill,
Samuel B.
...
  • 1952 - Article, "The End of the Trail," Henry George News, July
Pettigrew,
R.F.

Statue of Pettigrew

Photograph
South Dakota
(Sioux Falls)
  • 1848 - Born, Vermont
  • 1854 - Family moved to Wisconsin
  • 1869 - Came to Dakota Territory as part of a land surveying party; then returned to finish studies at Wisconsin Law School
  • 1880 - Elected as delegate to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory
  • 1889 - Elected to U.S. Senate in same year as South Dakota became a state (served until 1901)
  • 1891 - Advocated the Single Tax
  • 1917 - Letter, printed in Everyman, October 1917, regarding the division within the Single Tax movement over the campaign for a land tax in California to fund all public goods and services:
    I am in full sympathy with The Great Adventure campaign -- is it is the real thing. The substitute offered by James and his followers will not command support, and I know they have no trade with the Socialists, and what they want is to found the work on false principles. How any singletaxer can have anything to do with them is beyond my comprehension.
    ... Tax reform has been tried since the days of Ham Arabbie who announced it in a code of laws of Babylor 2300 years before Christ. But the Single tax (another name for free land) is of more recent origin and there is but one form of it.
  • 1921 - Autobiography, Triumphant Plutocracy: The Story of an American Life, 1870-1920, published
  • 1922 - Book, Chapters from Imperial Washington (published in Chicago, by Charles H. Kerr & Co.)
  • 1997 - Biography, Echoes of November: the Life and Times of Senator R.F. Pettigrew of South Dakota, by Wayne Fanebust
Pfeffer,
M.
...
  • 1939 - Article, "Gold in Them Thar Swamps," (with M. Fixel) The Freeman, March
  • 1939 - Article, "They Profit by Our Toil," (with M. Fixel) The Freeman, May
  • 1939 - Article, "The Fair: Speculator's Paradise," The Freeman, June (written with M. Fixel)
Phelps,
Alfred
Iowa
(Des Moines)
  • 1926 - Candidate for Auditor, Commonwealth Land Party
Phelps,
Editha
Illinois
(Chicago)
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Phelps,
Edwin
...
Phelps,
G.H.
Colorado
(Denver)
  • 1890 - Serving as President, Denver Single Tax Association
Phelps,
William Lyon
...
  • 1865 - Born, 2 January
  • 188x - Graduated from Yale and Harvard
  • 1922 - Book, Human Nature in the Bible. Quote: "Forty years ago I heard a lecture delivered by Henry George on 'Moses', the Great Hebrew statesman..."
  • 1934 - Article, Henry George: A Great Name Among the World's Social Philosophers, Land and Freedom, July-August
  • 1943 - Died
Phifer,
Robert S.
Virginia Profession: lawyer
  • 1914 - In Mississippi, developed Georgist program called "The Great Adventure"
  • 1918 - Letter, Everyman, March, in which he wrote: "I am heart and soul for the Single Tax as advocated by Henry George and heart and soul in favor of the Single Tax campaign as waged by The Great Adventure in California. They are masterful tactitians out there. I believe they will win this time -- they surely will if we give them our unstinted support."
PHILADELPHIA SINGLE TAX SOCIETY
...
  • 1895 - Initiated Single Tax campaign in Delaware
  • 19-- - Located at 1515 Arch Street; Frederick W. Rous, Secretary
  • 1917 - Resolutions passed to support "a revival of the spirit of Henry George in their courageous demand that the land be restored to the people," 1 March
Phillips,
Elizabeth Magie
(see: Magie, Elizabeth)
District of Columbia
  • 1933 - Paper, "How We Learn," read at a meeting of the Women's Single Tax Club, 3 October
Phillips,
James E.
New York
(New York)
  • 1961 - Teacher, Henry George School, NY
Philpot,
Albert
Texas
(Saint Jo)
  • 1890 - Active in single tax movement
Picchetti,
Gloria
Illinois
(Chicago)
  • 2006 - Attended Council of Georgist Organizations conference, Evanston, IL, July
Pick,
Jeffrey
Maine
(Brunswick)
  • 1966 - Attended Henry George School conference, St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1974 - Helped to organize the Sam Ely Community Land Trust in Maine
Pierce,
William S.
...
  • 1983 - Article, "El Salvador's Land Problems," Chicago Tribune, 9 March
  • 1990 - Article, "Make Tax Abatement General," A Heartland Perspective, February 15 (Heartland Institute)
Pieton,
Annie
Illinois
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Piggin,
Julia R.
New York
(Long Island City)
  • 1967 - Attended Henry George School conference, Montreal, Quebec; July
  • 1969 - Letter, Henry George News, April
Pilgrim,
Mae
California
(San Diego)
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Pinchon,
Edgcumb
...

  • 1917 - Serving as Associate Editor, Everyman
Pinchot,
Amos R.E.
...
  • 1926 - Active supporter of the Single Tax
Pingree,
Hazen S.
Michigan
(Detroit)
  • 1890 - Became Mayor of Detroit; supported assessment reform
  • 1896- Elected Governor of Michigan
Pinson,
Don
Nevada
(Las Vegas)
  • 1985 - Director, Incentive Tax League of Nevada
  • 1986 - Ran for assessor or Clark County
Piper,
Marian Larson
Wisconsin
(Stoughton)
  • 1977 - Attended Joint Georgist Conference, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Pirkner,
Herbert P.
California
(Sacramento)
  • 1952 - Began teaching Henry George course
Pirouzan,
Amir
California
(San Diego)
  • 1983 - Attended CGO conference, Goleta; provided written critique of Georgist movement to Floyd Morrow
  • 1985 - Paper, "Computers in Education," presented at CGO conference, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • 1985 - Developing computer-based Henry George course for B.E.E.
Pitcher,
A.O. (Dr.)
Iowa
  • 1911 - Attended Single Tax conference, Chicago, Illinois, November
Pitman,
Elva
California
(La Mesa)
  • 1958 - Attended Henry George Schools conference, San Diego, CA
Pittman,
Alfred B. (Judge)
Tennessee
(Memphis)
  • 1931 - Proposed having the 1932 Henry George Congress in Memphis, TN
  • 1932 - Chaired Henry George Congress, Memphis. The Judge's talk was an admirable statement: "The question is often asked," he said, "how do you propose to give men jobs? We do not propose to give anybody a job. We propose to take away the policeman that stands between the man and the job. What we advocate is to free the earth. When we hold conventions it is to tell people who come what we are after. Let us confine our discussions to preaching the quaity of opportunity."
  • 1932 - Serving as President, Memphis Single Tax Club
Plain,
D.D.
Kansas
(Wichita)
  • 1930 - Article, "Land Tenures and Economic Justice," Wichita Times
Plank,
Laurance Robbins
Missouri
(St. Louis)
  • 1942 - Minister, The First Unitarian Church; devoted the church bulletin of 25 January to quotations from works of Henry George. Sermon was, "Philosophy and Religion of Henry George"
Platkin,
Helena
...
Platkin,
Isidore
New York
(Brooklyn)
  • 1938 - Address, "Economic Causes for Anti-Semitism," at the Williamsburg Community Center, 30 November
  • 1939 - Article, "Allocable Receipts -- New Name," The Freeman, July
  • 1940 - Article, "Mirage: Social Security Taxes," The Freeman, July
  • 1940 - Address, "An Economist Views the Tax Problem," at the Henry George School, 27 October
  • 1940 - Article, Infernal Revenue: 1940 Style, The Freeman, December
  • 1941 - Address, "The Budget and You," at Henry George School, 21 March
Platt,
Chester C.
New York
(Batavia)
  • Publisher of Batavia Times
  • 1926 - Journalist, Union Nevis of St. Petersburg, Florida
  • 1926 - Report on the International Single Tax Conference, Land and Freedom, July-August
  • 1926 - Attended International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1928 - Article, The Collapse of Land Speculation in Florida, Land and Freedom, January-February
  • 1928 - Toured Europe, planning to write on his trip for Land and Freedom
  • 1928 - Article, The Political Battle Over the Land Question in Britain, Land and Freedom, July-August
  • 1929 - Participated in the International Union conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 29 July through 4 August
  • 1929 - Article, "A Backward glance," on the 1887 Single Tax Conference held in Syracuse, New York, Land and Freedom, March-April 1932 - Paper, "The Relation of the Single Tax to Other Reform Movements," at Henry George Congress, Memphis
  • 1933 - Address, "The Relation of the Single Tax to Other Reforms," at the Henry George Congress, Memphis, Tennessee. Reprinted in Land and Freedom, January-February
  • 1933 - Article, Are Single Tax Advocates Narrowly Doctrinaire as Harry Gunnison Brown Asserts?, Land and Freedom, November-December
  • 1934 - Elected to the board, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 1934 - Died, 3 May (in St. Petersburg, Florida)
Pleace,
H.L.
California
(San Francisco)
  • 1890 - Serving as President, California Single Tax Society
Pleydell,
Albert
...
  • 1944 - Address, on disposal of surplus war materials, Henry George News, 19 November
  • 1960 - Photograph
Pleydell,
Arthur C.
New Jersey
(North Plainfield)
  • 1872 - Born, August (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • 189x - Serving as editor of Justice, a Single Tax paper published in Delaware (served through 1901)
  • 1902 - Serving as Secretary of the newly-formed Free Speech League, New York, NY
  • 1902 - Came to New York City to work with Lawson Purdy in the Tax Reform Association
  • 1903 - Letter, regarding the review of Prince Kropotkin's newly-published book, New York Times, 25 June. Quote: "Kropotkin's beliefs are the antipodes of those held by the State Socialists of the present day."
  • 1906 - Appointed Secretary of the Tax Reform Assocation
  • 1910 - Residing in North Plainfield, Somerset, New Jersy
  • 1911 - Address, "The Tax Law of New York," delivered at the first State Conference on Taxation, Utica, New York, January
  • 1911 - Appointed by Woodrow Wilson (when Governor of New Jersey) to a special tax commission to improve assessment practices
  • 1912 - Article, "Legislation of 1912 and Pending Constitutional Amendments," National Tax Association (made available online by Google Books)
  • 1927 - Serving on the board, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation; member of the Executive Committee
  • 1932 - Died, 31 May (age 60)
Pleydell,
Arthur
(son of Arthur C. Pleydell?)
...
  • 1934 - Elected to executive committee, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 1949 - Article, "Equity in Real Property Taxation," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol.9, No.1, October
  • 1959 - Vice President, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 1960 - Article, "New Chance for New York City's Slums," Henry George News, June
  • 1960 - Elected President, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
  • 1970 - Died, November 1
Plourd,
(Mrs.)
Connecticut
(Hartford)
  • 1944 - Elected Secretary, Henry George Fellowship
Plummer,
Albert W.
Maine
(Lisbon)
Profession: Physician
  • Served in Maine legislature for 3 terms
  • 1919 - State chairman, Maine Single Tax Party
  • 1959 - Died, age 90, July
Plummer,
F.W.
Massachusetts
(Northampton)
  • 1930 - Serving as Principal, Northhampton High School; active supporter of the Single Tax