What is Horace Greeley?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Horace Greeley |image = Horace Greeley restored.jpg |state = [[New York (state)|New York]] |district = {{ushr|NY|6|6th}} |term_start = December 4, 1848 |term_end = March 3, 1849 |predecessor = [[David S. Jackson]] |successor = [[James Brooks (politician)|James Brooks]] |party = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] (Before 1854)<br>[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (1854–1872)<br>[[Liberal Republican Party (United States)|Liberal Republican]] (1872) |birth_date = {{birth date|1811|2|3}} |birth_place = [[Amherst, New Hampshire]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1872|11|29|1811|2|3}} |death_place = [[Pleasantville, New York]], U.S. |spouse = [[Mary Young Cheney Greeley|Mary Cheney]] |signature = Horace Greeley Signature.svg }} '''Horace Greeley''' (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an [[Americans|American]] [[newspaper]] [[editor]], reformer and [[politician]]. His ''New York Tribune'' was the most influential newspaper of the period 1840 - 1870. Greeley used it to promote the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] and [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[political party|parties]]. He is best known for his socially colored journalism. He wanted to convince people of his ideas. He thought that the role of a journalist must be to convince people with sound arguments. He did not like the sensationalist approach of [[Joseph Pulitzer]] and others. Greeley ran for president in 1872, but died before the election results came. Whether or not if he died he would have lost to [[Ulysses S. Grant]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Greeley, Horace}} [[Category:1811 births]] [[Category:1872 deaths]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:American journalists]] [[Category:United States representatives from New York (state)]] [[Category:Writers from New York (state)]] [[Category:19th-century journalists]] {{US-bio-stub}}