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George Lunn: The 1912 Socialist Victory in Schenectady

Bill Buell

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Description:An Iowa native, George Lunn came to Schenectady in 1904 to become senior pastor at the First Reformed Church in the city's Stockade Neighborhood. He entered politics in 1911 and was elected mayor of Schenectady as a member of the Socialist Party. He worked with General Electric scientist Charles Steinmetz to create Central Park and improve the city's school system, and also initiated free garbage pickup and a health clinic, all while the city's population was rapidly increasing due to immigration. He won the mayoral election four times, twice after switching to the Democratic Party, and also became a U.S. Congressman and Lieutenant Governor under Al Smith.Bill Buell is a life-long Schenectady County resident who spent 41 years - the first 21 as a sportswriter and the last 18 as a news reporter - with the Daily Gazette Newspaper. He graduated from Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School, Schenectady County Community College and the University at Albany, earning a degree in history. He has written books on Schenectady County and Albany County, and has won numerous writing awards, including a 2018 New York Press Association Award for a series on the history of the General Electric Company.Buell is a volunteer docent at the Schenectady County Historical Society and in 2019 was named Schenectady County Historian.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with George Lunn: The 1912 Socialist Victory in Schenectady. To get started finding George Lunn: The 1912 Socialist Victory in Schenectady, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2019

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Description: An Iowa native, George Lunn came to Schenectady in 1904 to become senior pastor at the First Reformed Church in the city's Stockade Neighborhood. He entered politics in 1911 and was elected mayor of Schenectady as a member of the Socialist Party. He worked with General Electric scientist Charles Steinmetz to create Central Park and improve the city's school system, and also initiated free garbage pickup and a health clinic, all while the city's population was rapidly increasing due to immigration. He won the mayoral election four times, twice after switching to the Democratic Party, and also became a U.S. Congressman and Lieutenant Governor under Al Smith.Bill Buell is a life-long Schenectady County resident who spent 41 years - the first 21 as a sportswriter and the last 18 as a news reporter - with the Daily Gazette Newspaper. He graduated from Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School, Schenectady County Community College and the University at Albany, earning a degree in history. He has written books on Schenectady County and Albany County, and has won numerous writing awards, including a 2018 New York Press Association Award for a series on the history of the General Electric Company.Buell is a volunteer docent at the Schenectady County Historical Society and in 2019 was named Schenectady County Historian.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with George Lunn: The 1912 Socialist Victory in Schenectady. To get started finding George Lunn: The 1912 Socialist Victory in Schenectady, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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