The Lincoln–Douglas debates of 1858 - HORACE WHITE

Horace White (August 10, 1834 – September 16, 1916) was a

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and financial expert, noted for his connection with the ''

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Biography

White was born in Colebrook,

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. His father was a doctor. In 1837 his family moved to

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, and White graduated at

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in 1853. In 1854, he became city editor of the '' Chicago Evening Journal''. In 1856-57 he served as assistant secretary of the

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. As a reporter for the ''

'' he accompanied

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...

in 1858 in his campaign against

Stephen A. Douglas Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. A senator, he was one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party for president in the 1860 presidential election, which wa ...

, his account being published in Herndon's ''Life of Lincoln''. As a result, he became friends with Lincoln and

Henry Villard Henry Villard (April 10, 1835 – November 12, 1900) was an American journalist and financier who was an early president of the Northern Pacific Railway. Born and raised by Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard in the Rhenish Palatinate of the Kin ...

. Villard was covering the debates for the New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung. In 1861, White became the

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correspondent of the ''Tribune''. He headed a syndicate for the publication of Civil War news during 1864. From 1864 to 1874 he was editor in chief and one of the owners of the ''

''. He left the ''Tribune'' due to ill health. In 1877, he joined Villard to work successively in two railway firms, and then in 1881, when Villard bought the ''

'' and ''

'', White, along with

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and Edwin L. Godkin, managed the enterprise. Schurz left in 1883, and Godkin assumed the role of editor in chief. In 1899, White succeeded Godkin as editor in chief, and he held that position until his retirement in 1903. In 1909, he was appointed to the New York State Commission on Speculation and Commodities. He was widely known for his able discussions of currency and banking problems. He was struck by an automobile in New York City, and died shortly thereafter.

Works

Original work

*''Money and Banking illustrated by American History'' (1895; fifth edition, revised, 1914) *''Life of

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'' (1913)

Translations

Appian Appian of Alexandria (; grc-gre, Ἀππιανὸς Ἀλεξανδρεύς ''Appianòs Alexandreús''; la, Appianus Alexandrinus; ) was a Greek historian with Roman citizenship who flourished during the reigns of Emperors of Rome Trajan, Hadr ...

, ''Roman History'' (two volumes, 1899), translated from Greek

Editor

*Frederic Bastiat, ''Sophismes économiques'' (Chicago, 1869) *Luigi Cossa, ''Scienza delle finanze'' (New York, 1888)

Legacy

White is remembered as proponent of quality journalism aimed at public good.

Nicholas Lemann Nicholas Berthelot Lemann is an American writer and academic, the Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Professor of Journalism and Dean Emeritus of the Faculty of Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He has be ...

Can Journalism Be Saved?
''The New York Review of Books'', February 27, 2020 In his "School of Journalism" (1904) he wrote,

References

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External links

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