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George Hearst

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Profession
Politician
Died
Feb 28, 1891
Zodiac
Virgo
Born in
Missouri
About
Remembered best as the father of publishing magnate and United States Representative William Randolph Hearst, George Hearst was a businessman and politician in his own right. He was a partner in the highly successful Hearst, Haggin, Tevis and Co. mining business, and he also served a four-year term as a United States Senator from California.
Family
He grew up in rural Missouri as the son of William Hearst and Elizabeth Collins Hearst. He and his wife, suffragist Phoebe Apperson Hearst, welcomed their first and only child, William Randolph Hearst, in April of 1863.

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