Article about Tom L. Johnson from Ohio Historical Society Journal
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Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine article about Tom L. Johnson from May 5, 1991 written by Steve Luttner
From the Ohio Historical Society Journal
From the Ohio Historical Society Journal
A Tale of Two Cities by Lincoln Steffens (link to Google Book)
A comparison of two cities, Cleveland and Cincinnati during the Tom L. Johnson era.
Lincoln Steffens was a journalist on the national level who famously called Johnson “the best mayor of the best run city in America.”
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My Story by Tom L. Johnson edited by Elizabeth J. Hauser
Courtesy of Cleveland State University Special Collections
Tom L. Johnson lays out his philosophy. Read this after you read a more objective version of “The Tom L. Johnson Story” such as Robert Bremner and Eugene Murdock.
But then definitely read “My Story”.
The forward to the second edition of “My Story” Tom Johnson’s autobiography
The first “objective” biography of Tom Johnson written in 1911, the year that Johnson died. Well worth reading.
Biography of Tom L. Johnson by Carl Lorenz.
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From the Ohio Historical Journal