''The Washington Times'' (1894–1939) was an American, English-language daily

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published in

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It was founded in 1894 and merged with '' The Washington Herald'' to create the ''

Washington Times-Herald The ''Washington Times-Herald'' (1939–1954) was an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It was created by Eleanor "Cissy" Patterson of the Medill–McCormick–Patterson family (long-time owners of the ''Chicago Tribune'' ...

'' in 1939.

History

The paper was created by Indiana instrument manufacturer Charles G. Conn (1844–1931) while he served as a United States Congressman. The first publisher was Stilson Hutchins. Subsequent owners included newspaper syndicate owner Frank A. Munsey, (known as the "Dealer in Dailies" and the "Undertaker of Journalism"), Arthur Brisbane, and

William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst (; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher and politician who developed the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His extravagant methods of yellow jou ...

. After Hearst's acquisition of '' The Washington Herald'', the newspaper's operations moved to the Philip M. Jullien designed Washington Times and Herald Building in 1923.

Reporters and columnists

''Washington Times'' writers and columnists included Arthur Brisbane, Ruth Jones pen name "Jean Eliot", Rilla Engle, Evelyn Hunt, A. Cloyd Gill, Homer Dodge, Avery Marks, humorist Kirk Crothers Miller, William Lenhart McPherson, Robert Halsey Patchin, "dean of the Washington press" Colonel Matthew Fitzimmons Tighe, and William Lee Trenholm.''District of Columbia: Concise Biographies of its Prominent and Representative Contemporary Citizens'', by Henry Brown Floyd Macfarland, The Potomac Press, Washington, DC, 1908.''Who's Who in the Nation's Capitol'' Consolidated Publishing Company, 1921

Editors

Harry Atwood Colman, Louis Ashley Dougher, Earl Godwin, Ralph A. Graves, Ruth Eleanor Jones, Alonzo T. MacDonald, Arthur D. Marks, Caryll Neil Odell, M. G. Seckendorff, and Edward Dwight Shaw.

Subsequent mergers

Cissy Patterson, editor of both ''The Washington Times'' and the ''Washington Herald'' since 1930, leased them from Hearst in 1937. Patterson bought the two papers in 1939, merging them into the ''

''. Patterson ran the merged paper from its creation in 1939 until her death in 1948.''Cissy'' Ralph G. Martin, Simon and Schuster, New York City, 1979 It was subsequently purchased by Joseph Medill Patterson and Robert McCormick. In 1954, the ''Times-Herald'' was purchased by Phillip L. Graham, owner of ''

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...

''. For a time, the combined paper was officially known as ''The Washington Post and Times-Herald''. The ''Times-Herald'' portion of the

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became less and less prominent on a second line in ensuing years, however, and was dropped entirely in 1973.

Archives, curated collections, and reproductions

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(digital versions, searchable online ''via'' ''
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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Washington Times (1894-1939) Defunct newspapers published in Washington, D.C. Hearst Communications publications Newspapers established in 1894 Publications disestablished in 1939 The Washington Post William Randolph Hearst 1894 establishments in Washington, D.C. 1939 disestablishments in Washington, D.C.