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Charles Ransom Miller (January 17, 1849 – July 18, 1922) was an editor-in-chief of ''
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''. He was born in
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to Elijah and Chastina Hoyt Miller. Miller attended
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and graduated in 1872. After working at the Springfield ''Republican'', he was hired on July 7, 1875, by the ''New York Times''. Miller became the editor-in-chief of ''The New York Times'' when he was 34, and would remain in that position for the rest of his life (about forty years).


Biography

Miller was born on January 17, 1849, in
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to Elijah and Chastina Hoyt Miller. He attended
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and graduated in 1872. While in college, he had planned to teach Latin, but upon graduation he found employment at the Springfield ''Republican''. At the paper he was mentored by Samuel Bowles. Miller left that paper after around three years and was hired on July 7, 1875 by the ''New York Times'' as an assistant to the telegraph editor. In that position he helped handle news that came in over telegraph. After some time Miller rose to be placed in charge of the weekly edition of ''The New York Times'', which was eventually shut down. After the weekly edition was shut down, Miller was made foreign exchange editor. He began sporadically contributing editorials, and joined the editorial staff officially in 1881. In 1883 he was made
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of ''The New York Times'' after John Foord left. As editor-in-chief, he had the paper support
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's administration; the two men became friends. When
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, an owner and founder of the paper died, the paper was put up for sale. Miller lead the creation of a syndicate, the New York Times Publishing Company, which purchased the paper on April 13, 1903. He eventually oversaw the sale of the paper to
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. Miller was retained as editor-in-chief and remained a major shareholder in the paper. Miller defended
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before an investigatory committee in the
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. He spoke several languages and received honorary degrees from Dartmouth and
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. On October 10, 1876 he married Frances Daniels. Miller died on July 18, 1922.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Charles Ransom The New York Times editors 1849 births 1922 deaths 20th-century American newspaper editors Dartmouth College alumni