Frederic C. Howe

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Frederic C. Howe
Member of the Cleveland City Council
In office 1901–?
Personal details
Born	Frederic Clemson Howe (1867-11-21)November 21, 1867 Meadville, Pennsylvania[1]
Died	August 3, 1940(1940-08-03) (aged 72)
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Marie Jenney Howe
Alma mater	Miami University Johns Hopkins University Allegheny College
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Frederic Clemson Howe (November 21, 1867 – August 3, 1940) was a progressive reformer, author, lawyer, member of the

In 1905, he published "The City: the Hope of Democracy", which the Oxford English Dictionary cites as the first use of the term "big business".^[4] In New York, Howe was director of the People's Institute (1911-14) and commissioner of immigration for the port (1914-19).

In 1919, Howe was targeted during a bombing spree, but was unharmed.^[5]

On 27 July 1933,

Rexford Tugwell claimed that Howe was "the subject of vitriolic attacks by the business interests" and was "pictured as a Red".^[7] Chester R. Davis now decided to get rid of Howe. He later recalled: "Fred Howe was a man of high ideals and very little practical sense. He was the 'turn the other cheek' type. He was a well-meaning man who permitted his organization to be loaded down with a group of people who were more concerned with stirring up discontent than they were with achieving the objectives of the act."^[8]

Howe is buried in Meadville, Pennsylvania.

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