George Hearst

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George Hearst was a 19th-century American mining magnate, rancher, and politician who amassed a fortune in the mining industry and later served as a U.S. Senator from California.

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George Hearst canonical 7

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instanceOf businessperson
human
mining magnate
politician
rancher
birthDate 1820-09-03
burialPlace Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
causeOfDeath disease
child William Randolph Hearst
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
deathDate 1891-02-28
electedIn 1886 United States Senate election in California
ethnicGroup American of European descent
familyName Hearst
fieldOfWork mining industry
politics
ranching
genreOfActivity land and cattle ranching
resource extraction
givenName George
hasPartIn California Gold Rush era business activities
knownFor amassing a fortune in mining
early investments in major Western mines
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
name George Hearst self-link
nativeLanguage English
notableWork development of the Comstock Lode interests
investments in the Anaconda Mine
investments in the Homestake Mine
occupation businessperson
investor
miner
politician
rancher
placeOfBirth Franklin County, Missouri
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
positionHeld United States Senator
United States Senator from California
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
represented California, United States
surface form: California
representedIn United States Senate
residence San Francisco, California, United States of America
surface form: San Francisco, California

Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male
spouse Phoebe Apperson Hearst

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William Randolph Hearst parent George Hearst
George Hearst name George Hearst self-link
San Francisco Examiner foundedBy George Hearst
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States hasNotableBurial George Hearst
subject surface form: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
Phoebe Apperson Hearst spouse George Hearst
Al Swearengen enemyOf George Hearst