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In 1886, political philosopher Henry George and future President Theodore Roosevelt lost a three-way election for mayor of New York to comparative nobody Abraham Hewitt. How did this election shake out? How did George and Roosevelt lose?

by /u/MoishesNewAccount in /r/AskHistorians

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