George D. Herron
George D. Herron | |
|---|---|
| United States Delegate to the Conference on the Princes' Islands | |
| In office February 1919 | |
| Appointed by | Woodrow Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Davis Herron January 21, 1862 Montezuma, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | October 10, 1925 (aged 63) |
| Party | Socialist Labor Social Democratic Socialist |
| Spouse(s) |
Mary V. Everhard
(m. 1883; div. 1901)Carrie Rand Herron
(m. 1901; died 1914)Frieda Bertha Schöberle
(m. 1915) |
| Children | 5 |
| Education | Ripon College |
| Signature | |
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George Davis Herron (January 21, 1862 – October 10, 1925) was an American clergyman, lecturer, writer and Christian socialist activist.
Herron is best remembered as a leading exponent of the so-called Social Gospel movement and for his highly publicized divorce and remarriage to the daughter of a wealthy benefactor which scandalized polite society of the day. A self-imposed exile followed.
During World War I, Herron broke with the anti-militarist Socialist Party of America, became a self-assigned diplomat and filed regular intelligence reports on German public opinion to the American and British governments in support of the Allied war effort.