HEARST, William Randolph, (son of George Hearst), a Representative from New York; born in San Francisco, Calif., April 29, 1863; attended the public schools and Harvard University; became editor and proprietor of the San Francisco Examiner in 1887 and established a nationwide chain of newspapers; also owner and publisher of many magazines; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907); was not a candidate for renomination in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress but was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of New York; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1904; was the Municipal Ownership candidate for mayor of New York City in 1905 and 1909; organized the Independence League Party in 1908; resumed his publishing business; died in Beverly Hills, Calif., August 14, 1951; interment in Cypress Lawn Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.
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Hearst, William Randolph. Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. [Buffalo, N.Y.: Baker, Jones & Co., printers, 1905?]
------. Intervene in Mexico, Not to Make but to End War, Urges Mr. Hearst; Letter of Mr. Hearst on the Mexican Situation. [Brooklyn?: N.p., 1916].
------. It Is Time to Recognize the Present Stable Government of Mexico. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, [1922].
------. Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Randolph Hearst. [Edited by E.F. Tompkins]. San Francisco: Published privately, 1948.
------. Some Addresses and Writings of William Randolph Hearst; A Souvenir of the National Convention of the Democratic Party, Held at St. Louis, July 6th, 1904. [New York: The Carey Press, 1904].
------. William Randolph Hearst, A Portrait in His Own Words. Edited by Edmond D. Coblentz. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952.
------. William Randolph Hearst Gives his Views to Senate on Depression Remedies. [Washington, D.C.?: N.p., 1933].
Hearst, William Randolph, Jr. with Jack Casserly. The Hearsts: Father and Son. Niwot, Colo.: Roberts Rinehart, 1991
Littlefield, Roy E. "William Randolph Hearst: His Role in American Progressivism." Ph.D. diss., Catholic University, 1979.
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Morgan, Julia. San Simeon Revisited: The Correspondence Between Architect Julia Morgan and William Randolph Hearst. Edited and with an introduction by Nancy E. Loe. San Luis Obispo, Calif.: Library Associates, California Polytechnic State University, 1987.
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------. William Randolph Hearst, A New Appraisal. New York: Hastings House, [1955].
