Henry Gage
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| Henry Tifft Gage | |
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| In office 1899 – 1903 |
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| Lieutenant(s) | Jacob H. Neff |
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| Preceded by | James Budd |
| Succeeded by | George Pardee |
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| Born | December 25, 1852 Geneva, New York |
| Died | August 28, 1924 Los Angeles, California |
| Political party | Republican |
Henry Tifft Gage (December 25, 1852 – August 28, 1924) was Governor of California from January 5, 1899 to January 7, 1903.
Henry Gage was born in 1852 in Geneva, New York and moved to California in 1874. In 1877, he opened a law office in Los Angeles, and soon numbered several large corporations among his clients (one in particular was the Southern Pacific Railroad). Active in Republican politics, Gage was elected Los Angeles City Attorney in 1881.
He married Francesca V. Rains in 1880 and became owner and occupant of the Lugo Mansion, now known as the Gage Mansion and located at 7000 Gage Ave. in Bell Gardens. They had five children.
As delegate to the Republican national convention at Chicago in 1888, Gage seconded the nomination of Levi P. Morton for vice president.
In 1891, President Harrison appointed Gage as attorney to prosecute the crew of the Chilean steamer, Itata, which had sailed into San Diego to obtain arms for rebels after the outbreak of civil war in Chile. United States authorities had detained the ship, but after his investigation Gage refused to prosecute the case because of his belief that the federal government had erred.
He was elected the 20th governor of California in 1898 and served one term. During his administration, he publicly denied the existence of bubonic plague in San Francisco, only to be proved wrong. He threatened to impose martial law during a major labor strike if both sides did not compromise. When a newspaper printed a cartoon of railroad tycoon Collis Potter Huntington leading Gage around on a leash, the governor retaliated by signing legislation that restricted the press whenever editorial content involved politics or politicians.
In 1909, President William Howard Taft appointed Gage Minister to Portugal. He resigned in 1911 because of his wife's health and resumed his legal work. He died August 28, 1924 in Los Angeles, California.
Gage Avenue in Los Angeles was named after him on October 28, 1929. Also, a school was named after him. Henry T. Gage Middle School, also located on Gage Avenue.
[edit] External Links
- Henry Gage bio on State of California web site
- Henry Gage bio and genealogy on Santa Clarita Valley History web site
- Find a Grave memorial
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| Preceded by James Herbert Budd |
Governors of California 1899–1903 |
Succeeded by George Cooper Pardee |
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| Burnett • McDougall • Bigler • J. Johnson • Weller • Latham • Downey • Stanford • Low • Haight • Booth • Pacheco • Irwin • Perkins • Stoneman • Bartlett • Waterman • Markham • Budd • Gage • Pardee • Gillett • H. Johnson • Stephens • Richardson • Young • Rolph • Merriam • Olson • Warren • Knight • P. Brown • Reagan • J. Brown • Deukmejian • Wilson • Davis • Schwarzenegger |  |
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