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<p> American journalist and politician, born at Amherst, New Hampshire, the son of a poor farmer; was bred a printer, and in 1831 settled in New York; in a few years he started a literary paper the <i> New Yorker </i> , and shortly afterwards made a more successful venture in the <i> Log [[Cabin]] </i> , a political paper, following that up by founding the <i> New York Tribune </i> in 1841, and merging his former papers in the <i> Weekly Tribune </i> ; till his death he advocated temperance, anti-slavery, socialistic and protectionist principles in these papers; in 1848 he entered [[Congress]] and became a prominent member of the Republican party; he visited Europe, and was chairman of one of the juries of the Great Exhibition; in 1872 he unsuccessfully opposed Grant for the Presidency; in religion he was a Universalist; his works include "The American Conflict," "Recollections," "Essays," &c. (1811-1872). </p> | Horace Greeley <ref name="term_73911" /> | ||
==References == | <p> American journalist and politician, born at Amherst, New Hampshire, the son of a poor farmer; was bred a printer, and in 1831 settled in New York; in a few years he started a literary paper the <i> New Yorker </i> , and shortly afterwards made a more successful venture in the <i> [[Log]] [[Cabin]] </i> , a political paper, following that up by founding the <i> New York Tribune </i> in 1841, and merging his former papers in the <i> Weekly Tribune </i> ; till his death he advocated temperance, anti-slavery, socialistic and protectionist principles in these papers; in 1848 he entered [[Congress]] and became a prominent member of the Republican party; he visited Europe, and was chairman of one of the juries of the Great Exhibition; in 1872 he unsuccessfully opposed [[Grant]] for the Presidency; in religion he was a Universalist; his works include "The American Conflict," "Recollections," "Essays," &c. (1811-1872). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:25, 15 October 2021
Horace Greeley [1]
American journalist and politician, born at Amherst, New Hampshire, the son of a poor farmer; was bred a printer, and in 1831 settled in New York; in a few years he started a literary paper the New Yorker , and shortly afterwards made a more successful venture in the Log Cabin , a political paper, following that up by founding the New York Tribune in 1841, and merging his former papers in the Weekly Tribune ; till his death he advocated temperance, anti-slavery, socialistic and protectionist principles in these papers; in 1848 he entered Congress and became a prominent member of the Republican party; he visited Europe, and was chairman of one of the juries of the Great Exhibition; in 1872 he unsuccessfully opposed Grant for the Presidency; in religion he was a Universalist; his works include "The American Conflict," "Recollections," "Essays," &c. (1811-1872).
