TOM LOFTIN JOHNSON
Name: Tom Loftin Johnson
Born: 1854
Died: 1911
Johnson, Tom Loftin. Capitalist, politician. Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, 1854.
Went to Indiana in boyhood, and was educated there. Clerk in street railway
office, Louisville, KY, 1869-75. Invented several street railway devices; bought
a street railway in Indianapolis; later acquired large street railway interests
in Cleveland, Detroit, and Brooklyn. Was also iron manufacturer in Cleveland.
Member of Congress, 1891-95. Prominent advocate of the "single-tax" theories of
Henry George. He retired from business and devoted his entire time to taxation
questions, municipal reform, and official duties. Mayor of Cleveland, 1901-10.
Died 1911.
Name: Tom Loftin Johnson
Born: 1854
Died: 1911
Johnson, Tom Loftin. Capitalist, politician. Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, 1854.
Went to Indiana in boyhood, and was educated there. Clerk in street railway
office, Louisville, KY, 1869-75. Invented several street railway devices; bought
a street railway in Indianapolis; later acquired large street railway interests
in Cleveland, Detroit, and Brooklyn. Was also iron manufacturer in Cleveland.
Member of Congress, 1891-95. Prominent advocate of the "single-tax" theories of
Henry George. He retired from business and devoted his entire time to taxation
questions, municipal reform, and official duties. Mayor of Cleveland, 1901-10.
Died 1911.