Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune, among the great newspapers of its time. 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, who won by a landslide.
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3 February 1811 Amherst, New Hampshire, U.S.
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29 November 1872 (aged 61) Pleasantville, New York, U.S.
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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