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Chicago Daily Tribune
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Chicago Tribune.
19th century
The Tribune absorbed three other Chicago publications under the new editors: the Free West in 1855, the Chicago Democratic Press of William Bross in 1858, and the Chicago Democrat in 1861, whose editor, John Wentworth, left his position when elected as Mayor of Chicago. From 1858–1860, the paper was known as the Chicago Press & Tribune. On October 25, 1860, it became the Chicago Daily Tribune. Before and during the American Civil War, the new editors strongly supported Abraham Lincoln, whom Medill helped secure the presidency in 1860, and pushed an abolitionist agenda. The paper remained a force in Republican politics for years afterward.