Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor, reformer, and politician. His New York Tribune was the most influential newspaper from 1840 to 1870. Greeley used it to promote the Whig and the Republican Parties.

He is best known for his socially-colored journalism. He wanted to convince people of his ideas such as his opposition to the expansion of slavery. He thought that the role of a journalist was to convince people with sound arguments. He did not like the sensationalist approach of Joseph Pulitzer and others.

Greeley ran for president and was nominated by the Democratic Party in 1872 but died before the election results came. However, he would have lost to the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant.

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