This article is about the father of William Randolph Hearst. For his grandson, see George Randolph Hearst. For his great-grandson, see George Randolph Hearst Jr.
George Hearst
Hearst c. 1891 or earlier
United States Senator from California
In office March 4, 1887 – February 28, 1891
Preceded by
Abram P. Williams
Succeeded by
Charles N. Felton
In office March 23, 1886 – August 4, 1886
Appointed by
George Stoneman
Preceded by
John F. Miller
Succeeded by
Abram P. Williams
Member of the California State Assembly from the 8th district
February 28, 1891(1891-02-28) (aged 70) Washington, D.C.
Resting place
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson
(m. 1862)
Children
William Randolph Hearst
Profession
Business magnate and politician
Net worth
USD $19 million at the time of his death,[1] equivalent to $644 million in 2021
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George Hearst (September 3, 1820 – February 28, 1891) was an American businessman, politician, and patriarch of the Hearst business dynasty. After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations, and is known for developing and expanding the Homestake Mine in the late 1870s in the Black Hills of South Dakota. In 1879, he listed it on the New York Stock Exchange and went on to other pursuits. The mine's gold production continued uninterrupted until 2001.
After settling in San Francisco in the early 1860s, Hearst became a politician, first representing San Francisco in the state legislature for one term. He also maintained mining interests through his company. Hearst was appointed as a United States senator in 1886 to fill a vacancy and was elected as a Democrat later that year on his own account. He served in the Senate from 1887 to his death in 1891. His only child from his late marriage (at age 40) was his son William Randolph Hearst, who became internationally known as a newspaperman and publisher, and was a primary inspiration for Orson Welles' 1941 film Citizen Kane.
^Klepper, Michael; Gunther, Michael (1996). The Wealthy 100: From Benjamin Franklin to Bill Gates—A Ranking of the Richest Americans, Past and Present. Secaucus, New Jersey: Carol Publishing Group. p. xiii. ISBN 978-0-8065-1800-8. OCLC 33818143.
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