誰說美國沒有皇帝，舊金山之前就有個人稱帝，這個人叫約書亞·諾頓?Joshua Norton

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但他可不是什么一方軍閥，他就是個做生意的人，在這里做了一筆巨虧的生意，名利雙輸，結(jié)果等他再次出現(xiàn)的時候就說自己要做皇帝了。

更神奇的是，舊金山居然還真有不少人擁戴他，雖然他一點政治實權(quán)都沒有。他名下還發(fā)行了貨幣。

以他的名義發(fā)行的10美元.圖片來源：Wikipedia

當(dāng)然，外界普遍還是認(rèn)為他是個瘋子，當(dāng)時舊金山本地也有商家出售以他為主題的紀(jì)念品來賺錢。

In September 1859, San Francisco’s favorite eccentric resident, Joshua Abraham Norton, declared himself America’s emperor. Norton initially made a living as a businessman, but he lost his fortune investing in Peruvian rice to sell in China due to a Chinese rice shortage. He bought rice at 12 cents per pound from Peruvian ships, but more Peruvian ships arrived in port which caused the price to drop sharply to 4 cents. He then lost a lawsuit in which he tried to void his rice contract, and his public prominence faded. He re-emerged in September 1859, laying claim to the position of Emperor of the United States. Though Norton received many favors from the city, merchants also capitalized on his notoriety by selling souvenirs bearing his name. "San Francisco lived off the Emperor Norton," Norton's biographer William Drury wrote, "not Norton off San Francisco."
1859年9月，舊金山備受歡迎的怪人約書亞·亞伯拉罕·諾頓曾經(jīng)宣布自己為美國皇帝。諾頓最初以經(jīng)商為生，但他在投資秘魯大米時虧了很多錢。當(dāng)時因為中國大米短缺，他采購了秘魯大米，打算賣給中國人。他以12美分/磅的價格從秘魯船只上采購了大米，但很多秘魯船只都抵達(dá)了港口，這使大米價格驟降至4美分。后來，他試圖通過訴訟使他的大米合同無效，結(jié)果又輸?shù)袅斯偎?，而他的公眾知名度也隨之下降。1859年9月他再次出現(xiàn)，聲稱要成為美國皇帝。盡管諾頓在這座城市里受到了很多人的喜愛，但商人也利用了他的壞名聲來賺錢，出售印有他名字的紀(jì)念品。諾頓的傳記作者威廉·德魯里寫道，“是舊金山靠諾頓皇帝賺錢，而不是諾頓靠舊金山賺錢。”

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