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Horace White
1834–1916
A sharp-eyed newspaper editor and financial writer, he helped shape American debates on politics, money, and reform in the nineteenth century. His career linked frontier-era reporting with the rise of modern economic journalism.
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About the author
Born in Colebrook, New Hampshire, in 1834 and raised in Beloit, Wisconsin, he graduated from Beloit College and went into journalism while still young. He worked in Chicago during the turbulent years before and after the Civil War, becoming closely associated with the Chicago Tribune and later serving as its editor and part owner.
He was known not only as a reporter and editor, but also as a thoughtful public writer on economics and public policy. After moving to New York, he became an editorial writer and editor for the New York Evening Post and was also connected with The Nation. His writing on banking, currency, and taxation made him an important voice in financial journalism.
White also had a direct link to major American history: he reported on Abraham Lincoln and the Lincoln-Douglas debates, leaving behind valuable firsthand accounts. He died in 1916, remembered as a respected journalist, editor, and interpreter of economic issues for a broad readership.