The ''National Republican'' (1860–1888) was an American, English-language daily newspaper published in

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History

The paper was founded in November 1860 upon the election of

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as the first United States President from the Republican Party. It was started by newspaperman William J. Murtagh, who had been with the

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'', with investment from Hanscom and Weston, to be a pro-Lincoln administration paper. Though most associated with Murtagh, the paper's additional founders were Lewis Clephane, Martin Buell, and William Blanchard. Clephane later wrote that the paper was started "as a necessity, to represent the Republican Party of the city, and not with any hope of being remunerative." Murtagh sold to

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in 1877. Clapp, who had founded the '' Buffalo Express'' in 1846, had most recently been

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. He owned the paper until 1880., Evening Star'' A group headed by Elias W. Fox bought the paper in 1885 for $50,000. It was later bought by Stilson Hutchins and merged into ''

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'' in June 1888. Harry Post Godwin became Chief Editor at the age of 17. He served until 1881. In 1883, '' Rowell's American Newspaper Directory'' listed the paper's estimated circulation as in the range of 3,000.

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