Horace Greeley

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Horace Greeley

1811–1872

A self-made printer turned powerhouse editor, he built the New-York Tribune into one of the most influential newspapers in 19th-century America. His writing mixed reform-minded energy, antislavery conviction, and a strong belief that journalism could shape public life.

3 Audiobooks

Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851.

Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851.

by Horace Greeley

What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science

What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science

by Horace Greeley

An overland journey, from New York to San Francisco in the summer of 1859

An overland journey, from New York to San Francisco in the summer of 1859

by Horace Greeley

About the author

Born in Amherst, New Hampshire, in 1811, he learned the printing trade as a boy and made his way to New York City in the early 1830s. In 1841 he founded the New-York Tribune, the paper most closely associated with his name, and it grew into a major voice in American politics and public debate.

He became widely known as an editor, publisher, and reformer, especially for championing antislavery views before and during the Civil War era. He was also active in politics, served briefly in Congress, and in 1872 ran for president as the candidate of the Liberal Republicans against Ulysses S. Grant.

Remembered for his restless energy and outsized influence on American journalism, he helped define the newspaper editor as a public figure in his own right. He died in 1872, only weeks after his presidential defeat.