Horace Greeley was a prominent figure in 19th century America, remembered most for founding and editing the New-York Tribune. He also had a successful political career, representing New York's sixth district in the United States Congress in the late 1840s. He passed away in 1872 while running for president on the Liberal Republican Party ticket.
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About
Remembered most as the founder and longtime Editor of the New-York Tribune, he is also notable for his political career. In the late 1840s, he represented New York's sixth district in the United States Congress; three decades later, he passed away while running for President on the Liberal Republican Party ticket.
Before Fame
In his teens, he apprenticed at the office of a Vermont newspaper called the Northern Spectator. Later, he worked for the Erie Gazette (in Pennsylvania) and The Spirit of the Times (in New York).
Trivia
Something of an eccentric, he is believed by several biographers to have been afflicted with Asperger's syndrome.
Family Life
His unhappy marriage to Mary Young Cheney began in 1836. Of the couple's seven children, only two survived past childhood.
Associated With
He played a major role in the 1840 presidential campaign of Whig candidate william Henry Harrison, publishing a pro-Harrison political journal called The Log Cabin and writing several campaign songs for "Tippecanoe" (a popular nickname for Harrison).