OVERVIEW:

BORN:
February 3, 1811,
Amherst, New Hampshire

DIED:
November 29, 1872 (age 61),
Pleasantville, New York

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (before 1854)
Republican (1854–1872)
Liberal Republican (1872)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1826-1830:
Printing Apprentice in East Poultney, Vermont
1831:
Journeyman Printer in Erie, PA
1833:
Began Publishing the Morning Post
1834-1841:
Published the New Yorker
1840:
Edited the Log Cabin (Whig Paper)
1841-1872:
Founder and Editor of the New York Tribune
1848-1849:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives (Whig-NY)
1851:
Visited Europe,
Chairman of one of the juries at the World’s Fair in London
1855:
Commissioner to the Paris Exposition
1860:
Oregon Delegate to the Republican National Convention
1861:
Unsuccessful Candidate for U.S. Senate
1867:
Delegate to the New York State Constitutional Conventions
1870:
Unsuccessful Republican Candidate for Congress
1872:
Nominated by the Liberal Republicans and Democrats to run for President and defeated by Ulysses S. Grant

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Library of Congress
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Library of Congress (Digitized)

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