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Whitelaw Reid (October 27, 1837 – December 15, 1912) was an American politician, diplomat and newspaper editor, as well as the author of Ohio in the War, a popular work of history.
Whitelaw Reid was a U.S. journalist, diplomat, and politician, successor to Horace Greeley in 1872 as editor in chief (until 1905) and publisher (until his death) of the New York Tribune, which, during much of that period, was perhaps the most influential newspaper in the United States.
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Whitelaw Reid (July 26, 1913 – April 18, 2009) was an American journalist who later served as editor, president and chairman of the family-owned New York Herald Tribune.
Apr 20, 2009 · Whitelaw Reid, the scion of a prominent New York publishing family who joined The New York Herald Tribune in the late 1930s, became a war correspondent and later the paper’s editor,...
1912. December 15, dies unexpectedly after an asthma attack, though he had suffered for years from bronchial ailments. King George himself sends word to President Taft of Reid’s death. By request of the King, his requiem mass is held at Westminster Abbey, led by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Learn about Whitelaw Reid, the influential journalist who edited the New York Tribune for forty years and supported James A. Garfield for president. Read about his Civil War experiences, his views on Reconstruction and African-Americans, and his conflicts with unions and workers.
Whitelaw Reid. 1837 -- 1912. A native of Ohio, Whitelaw Reid graduated from Miami University of Ohio with honors in 1856. He became a newspaper reporter during the Civil War and formed a friendship with Horace Greeley who hired him to write from the Washington Tribune.
