George P. Bemis
George P. Bemis | |
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| Mayor of Omaha | |
| In office January 5, 1892 – January 7, 1896 | |
| Succeeded by | William J. Broatch |
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| Born | March 15, 1838 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | December 11, 1916 (aged 78) Omaha, Nebraska |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Julia F. Browne |
| Occupation | Politician, real estate |
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George Pickering Bemis (March 15, 1838 – December 11, 1916) worked for nearly two decades as private secretary to his wealthy cousin, George Francis Train. He also acted as a real estate, loan and collection agent, and was later elected to one term as mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, USA.[1]
Biography
Bemis was born in
On returning to Omaha, Bemis worked as a real estate agent throughout the city, selling lots in the
He supported women's rights and funded a newspaper in the cause in the late 1870s. Bemis' wife, Julia Browne, was a lifelong suffragist who had worked on Susan B. Anthony's paper, The Revolution. Train was the initial funder of this paper.[4] In the early twentieth century, Bemis offered to send $100,000 to the federal government in order to keep the activist Emmeline Pankhurst from being deported in 1913.[5]
See also
- History of Omaha
- List of mayors of Omaha, Nebraska
References
- ^ Mayors of Omaha, Nebraska Archived 2009-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Omaha Public Library. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
- ^ Train, G.F. (1902, 2007) My life in many states and in foreign. Kessinger Publishing, LLC. p 48.
- ^ a b "Douglas County", Andreas' History of Nebraska. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
- ^ So Great An Innovation: Woman Suffrage in Wyoming"in Equality at the Ballot Box, South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2019
- ^ (1913) "Offers to furnish bond", New York Times. October 19, 1913. Retrieved April 10, 2008.