Horace Greeley
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican politician and publisher (1811-1872)
Fame57.5
Momentum3.2
Languages30
Peak1870s
In century#2,426
Horace Greeley was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 11
Horace Greeley Birthplace in Amherst, New Hampshire
Early depiction of Greeley's first arrival in New York
Photograph of Greeley by Mathew Brady, taken between 1844 and 1860
New-York Tribune editorial staff, with Greeley third from the left in the front row
Greeley honored on a 1961 U.S. postage stamp
Greeley at his Chappaqua farm in 1869, photographed by his friend George G. Rockwood
Thomas Nast cartoon for the 1872 campaign, alleging that Greeley was contradicting his earlier positionsIn their orbit 3
Politicians from United States 6
About this person
Horace Greeley was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York and was the unsuccessful candidate of the new Liberal Republican Party in the 1872 presidential election against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant.
Country
United StatesCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1811 to 1872 · aged 61
Written about in
30 languages
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.