James W. Scott (1849–1895) was an American newspaper editor who was the publisher and principal owner of the
Chicago Times-Herald
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and
Chicago Evening Post
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. He served four terms as President of the American Newspaper Publishers Association and was on the executive committee for the
World's Columbian Exposition
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, of which he was an early promoter. He died suddenly while vacationing at the
Holland House
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in
New York City
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in April 1895.
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Illinois Republicans
1849 births
1895 deaths
19th-century American newspaper editors
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