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In the 1886 election for NYC Mayor, what party did George represent?

  • United Labor Party

  • Republican Party

  • Democratic Party

  • Green Party

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The United Labor Party was the political party that Henry George represented in the 1886 election for NYC Mayor. George was a self-taught economist and social reformer who believed that the single tax on land was the solution to poverty and economic inequality.
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