# George Hooker Colton

> George Hooker Colton was an American newspaper editor who founded The American Review: A Whig Journal in 1844. Colton served as the American Whig Review's editor from 1844 until his death in 1847, publishing from New York City. After Colton's death, James Davenport Whelpley took over as chief editor.

*American editor and publisher*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1818
- **Died:** 1847
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

George Hooker Colton was an American newspaper editor who founded The American Review: A Whig Journal in 1844. Colton served as the American Whig Review's editor from 1844 until his death in 1847, publishing from New York City. After Colton's death, James Davenport Whelpley took over as chief editor.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 28.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.6 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 1.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 49.0 / 100

## Sources
- [George H. Colton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Colton)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26248499)

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