Thurlow Weed (November 15, 1797 – November 22, 1882) was a New York newspaper publisher and Whig and Republican politician. He was the principal political advisor to prominent New York politician William H. Seward and was instrumental in the presidential nominations of William Henry Harrison (1840), Zachary Taylor (1848), and John C. Frémont (1856).
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15 November 1797 Cairo, New York
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22 November 1882 (aged 85) New York City, New York
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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