Perkins, George Walbridge (1862-1920)

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Progressive Party

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, October 10, 1912

Frances Alice Kellor to Jane Addams, November 7, 1912

Amos Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt, December 3, 1912

Mary Hall Ingham to Jane Addams, December 5, 1912

Theodore Roosevelt to Amos Pinchot, December 5, 1912

Jane Addams to Charles McCarthy, December 14, 1912

Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt, December 17, 1912

Charles McCarthy to Jane Addams, December 21, 1912

Amos Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt, December 23, 1912

Theodore Roosevelt to Amos Pinchot, December 31, 1912

Alfred Landon Baker to Jane Addams, January 7, 1913

Madeleine Zabriskie Doty to Jane Addams, January 15, 1913

Albert Jeremiah Beveridge to Jane Addams, December 17, 1913

Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, February 20, 1914

Harold LeClair Ickes to Jane Addams, April 18, 1914

Jane Addams to Harold LeClair Ickes, August 3, 1914

Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, December 28, 1914

Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, January 13, 1915

Jane Addams to Harold LeClair Ickes, May 1, 1916

Announcement, Association pour la Sauvegarde du Droit es Gens, 1915

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Birth Date

1862-01-31

Death Date

1920-06-18

Birthplace

Chicago, Il

Biographical Text

George Walbridge Perkins was a politician and businessman. He started as a office boy and ultimately ended up as a financier and partner in J. P. Morgan & Co. He was heavily involved in the organization and reorganization of important corporations, like the International Harvester Company and the United States Steel Corporation. In 1900, Perkins was appointed President of the Palisades Interstate Commission to help protect the wildlife from miners. In 1910, he began pursuing Progressive policies and in 1912 became the executive secretary for the Progressive Party. Perkins died in 1920.

Perkins Married Evelina Candly Ball in 1889.They had one son George Walbridge Perkins Jr.

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DeLora, Renee

Szydlik, Margaret

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Male

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1912

Bibliography and Links

Columbia University Libraries Archival Collections. “George W. Perkins, Sr. Papers, 1871-1920.” Last modified September 30, 2016. Accessed September 30, 2016.

Encyclopedia Brittanica. “George Walbridge Perkins.” Last modified September 30, 2016. Accessed September 30, 2016.

Unknown, George Walbridge Perkins, 1914, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., accessed September 30, 2016.

Wikipedia

“George Perkins Noted Financier Taken by Death,” Charlotte News and Evening Chronicle, Juen 18, 1920.

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“Perkins, George Walbridge (1862-1920),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 28, 2023, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/4868.

Perkins, George Walbridge (1862-1920)

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Progressive Party

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, October 10, 1912

Frances Alice Kellor to Jane Addams, November 7, 1912

Amos Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt, December 3, 1912

Mary Hall Ingham to Jane Addams, December 5, 1912

Theodore Roosevelt to Amos Pinchot, December 5, 1912

Jane Addams to Charles McCarthy, December 14, 1912

Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt, December 17, 1912

Charles McCarthy to Jane Addams, December 21, 1912

Amos Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt, December 23, 1912

Theodore Roosevelt to Amos Pinchot, December 31, 1912

Alfred Landon Baker to Jane Addams, January 7, 1913

Madeleine Zabriskie Doty to Jane Addams, January 15, 1913

Albert Jeremiah Beveridge to Jane Addams, December 17, 1913

Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, February 20, 1914

Harold LeClair Ickes to Jane Addams, April 18, 1914

Jane Addams to Harold LeClair Ickes, August 3, 1914

Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, December 28, 1914

Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, January 13, 1915

Jane Addams to Harold LeClair Ickes, May 1, 1916

Jane Addams et al. to Raymond and Margaret Dreier Robins, November 13, 1912

Plan of Work for Carrying Out the Pledges and Principles of the Progressive Party, November 26, 1912

George W. Perkins to Jane Addams, December 13, 1912

George W. Perkins to Jane Addams, December 17, 1912

George Walbridge Perkins to Jane Addams, December 19, 1912

Interview with George Perkins, December 1913

George W. Perkins to Jane Addams, December 15, 1913

John W. McGrath to Jane Addams, December 22, 1913

George W. Perkins to Progressive National Committee -- State Chairmen & Progressive National Committee -- National Committeemen, April 10, 1914

John W. McGrath to Jane Addams, April 13, 1914

George W. Perkins to Jane Addams, February 2, 1915

Announcement, Association pour la Sauvegarde du Droit es Gens, 1915

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