Horace Greeley
American, 1811 - 1872
Editor of the New York Tribune (1841-1848)
U.S. Representative from New York (1848-1849)
Liberal Republican Nominee (1872)
Horace Greeley was the founder of the New York Tribune and served as its editor from 1841 to 1848. Greeley was appointed to the House of Representatives for New York in 1848 after the previous congressman was expelled due to election fraud. In 1872, Greely was elected as the Liberal Republican Party's presidential nominee but lost to Republican Party's nominee Ulysses Grant.
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Liberal Republican Nominee (1872)
Horace Greeley was the founder of the New York Tribune and served as its editor from 1841 to 1848. Greeley was appointed to the House of Representatives for New York in 1848 after the previous congressman was expelled due to election fraud. In 1872, Greely was elected as the Liberal Republican Party's presidential nominee but lost to Republican Party's nominee Ulysses Grant.
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