Greeley, Horace (1811-1872)

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Birth Date

1811-02-03

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1872-11-29

Birthplace

Amherst, NH

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Horace Greeley was born February 3, 1811, and started his professional career as a printing apprentice in East Poultney, Vermont. In 1834 founded his first paper, The New-Yorker. In 1841, Greeley founded a more ambitious publication, the New York Tribune. Through the Tribune, Greeley advocated for a number of causes, including education reform, an opposition to liquor and tobacco, and an extreme moral disapproval with slavery. In the early 1850s, Greeley became disheartened with the Whig party's divide on the position of slavery, as well as their failure to support him for a high public office. In 1854, he officially joined the emerging Republican party. During the Civil War, Greeley aligned himself with the Radical Republicans, demanding the early end of slavery and criticizing Lincoln for proceeding too slowly with his plans for emancipation. During and after the Civil War, Greeley lost some public approval for fighting against Lincoln's reelection, favoring the impeachment of Andrew Jackson, and advocating a restored relationship with the South. He ran for the Republican ticket against Grant. Unfortunately, he passed in November of 1872 due to complications before the primary votes were cast.

Greeley married Mary Young Chenney on July 5, 1836. They had five children, three of them dying at a young age. Mary Young died from tuberculosis in 1872, weeks before the election.