Henry T. Gage
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Henry Tifft Gage was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A Republican, Gage was elected to a single term as the 20th governor of California from 1899 to 1903. Gage was also the U.S. Minister
Gage in 1910
S.S. Itata in San Diego Bay in 1891
Gage (right) shakes hands with his opponent, Democrat James G. Maguire, outside the Merchants Exchange Building in San Francisco, October 8, 1898
Gage c. 1898
The 1898 California gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898, to elect the governor of California. Republican lawyer Henry Gage defeated Democratic-Populist-Silver Republican Fusion Congres
Henry T. Gage
…largely orchestrated by the Southern Pacific Railroad, who had worked with Gage since the 1870s, and saw him as supportive of their interests. In the 1898 California gubernatorial election, Gage defeated his Democratic rival, U.S. Representative James G. Maguire by 6.7%. Other minor candidates in the election included Job Harriman of the…
Henry Gage 1899
Maguire, Hon. J.G Alt Crop
Maguire's full statement announcing his candidacy for governor of California, as published in the San Francisco Examiner, October 26, 1897