Sikes, George Cushing (1868-1928)

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Jane Addams to Madeline Wallin Sikes, June 11, 1902

Speech to City Club Luncheon, November 7, 1913

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addam, June 19, 1922

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, July 6, 1922

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, July 7, 1922

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Birth Date

1868-06-04

Death Date

1928-07-21

Birthplace

Dodge Center, MN

Biographical Text

George Cushing Sikes graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1892 and went to the University of Chicago for graduate school. He was the editorial writer for the Chicago Record and the Chicago Daily News. Sikes was President of the Minneapolis Typographical Union and held many posts in local government and civic organizations in Chicago, such as Secretary of the Chicago Street Railway Commission, Secretary for the Municipal Voter's League, investigator for the Chicago Harbor Commission, Secretary for the Chicago Bureau of Public Efficiency, and Director of Policeman's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago.

Sikes married Madeline Wallin Sikes in 1897. They had two children together. Sikes died in 1928.

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Sciancalepore, Victoria

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1902

Bibliography and Links

George C Sikes, 1910 United States Federal Census

Madeleine and George Sikes Papers, University of Illinois at Chicago

SNAC

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“Sikes, George Cushing (1868-1928),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 16, 2024, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/1115.