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Joshua Abraham Norton (February 4, 1818 – January 8, 1880) was a resident of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 proclaimed himself "Norton I., Emperor of the United States", commonly known as Emperor Norton.
Feb 5, 2018 · Learn about the life and claims of Joshua Norton, who declared himself \"Emperor of the United States\" in 1859. Find out how he became a celebrity in San Francisco and what he did as emperor.
Learn about the life and legacy of Joshua Abraham Norton, who proclaimed himself Emperor of the United States in 1859. Explore his origins, his rise and fall in San Francisco, and his mysterious disappearance in 1880.
December 15, 1869 – Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, left San Francisco to seek his yearly tribute from the legislature and lobbyists. He inspected the new capitol during the gala ball celebrating the buildings’ inauguration.
Mar 1, 2018 · If you’ve taken a walking tour of San Francisco, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the name Emperor Norton. That was how Bay Curious listener and Oakland resident Jennifer Jacobs first learned about the beloved San Francisco eccentric after she moved to the Bay Area from Michigan in 1999.
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Jan 6, 2017 · An amusing epilogue to Emperor Norton's story came in 1965 when pioneering gay activist and onetime San Francisco candidate for supervisor Jose Sarria donned some regal drag and declared...
Dec 1, 2023 · The story of the life of the first and only emperor of the United States, Joshua Abraham Norton, seems quintessentially American. Born to a middle-class Jewish family in England, Norton came to the United States around 1845 from South Africa and set up shop in San Francisco as a mercantile middleman.
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