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| Name | Henry T. Gage |
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East Los Angeles, California , United States |
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December 25, 1852
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| Died | August 28, 1924
(71 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | BrentinCO
Jun 10, 2023 07:20pm |
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| Info | Henry Tifft Gage
Henry Gage was a New Yorker, born in 1852. He was a lawyer by profession, but established himself in California as a sheep dealer. After returning to the law, he served as Los Angeles City Attorney. A Republican, Gage's term as Governor was a rocky one. When bubonic plague broke out in San Francisco, he publicly denied the existence of the plague, only to be proved wrong. Later, he "negotiated" a major labour strike by threatening to impose martial law if both sides did not compromise. (Still later, Gage would go down to the waterfront dressed in a disguise and mingle with the stevedores in order to assure himself that no violence was brewing.) When a newspaper printed a cartoon of railroad king C.P. Huntington leading Gage around on a leash, Gage retaliated by signing legislation that restricted the press whenever politics - or politicians - were involved.
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Photo source: Albert Shaw, American Monthly Review of Reviews, 11/1898, p. 510. |
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