Whitelaw Reid
| Whitelaw Reid | |
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| United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
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In office June 5, 1905 – December 15, 1912 |
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| Monarch |
Edward VII George V |
| President |
Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft |
| Prime Minister |
Arthur Balfour Sir Henry C-Bannerman H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Joseph H. Choate |
| Succeeded by | Walter Hines Page |
| 28th United States Ambassador to France | |
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In office March 23, 1889 – March 25, 1892 |
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| President | Benjamin Harrison |
| Preceded by | Robert M. McLane |
| Succeeded by | T. Jefferson Coolidge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 27, 1837 Cedarville, Ohio, USA |
| Died | December 15, 1912 (aged 75) London, England |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Politician, Editor |
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Whitelaw Reid (October 27, 1837 – December 15, 1912) was an American politician and newspaper editor, as well as the author of a popular history of Ohio in the Civil War. After assisting Horace Greeley as editor of the powerful Republican newspaper, the New York Tribune, Reid purchased the paper after Greeley's death in 1872 and controlled it until his own death. The circulation grew to about 60,000 a day, but the weekly edition became less important. He invested heavily in new technology, such as the Hoe rotary printing press and the linotype machine, but bitterly fought against the unionized workers for control of his shop. As a famous voice of the Republican Party, he was honored with appointments as ambassador to France (1889) and Great Britain (1905), as well as numerous other honorific positions. In 1898 President William McKinley appointed him to the American commission that negotiated peace with Spain after the Spanish–American War.
Born on a farm near Xenia, Ohio, Reid attended Xenia Academy and went on to graduate from Miami University with honors in 1856. At Miami, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon (Kappa chapter), and lobbied for the expulsion of the six members who ultimately founded Sigma Chi.
He was the grandfather of prominent journalist and New York Herald Tribune editor Whitelaw Reid.
He was the longtime editor of the New York Tribune and a close friend of Horace Greeley. He was a leader of the Liberal Republican movement in 1872.
During the war he wrote under the by-line "Agate".
A Republican, he had an illustrious career as a diplomat, serving as United States Ambassador to France from 1889 to 1892, and as U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's from 1905 to 1912. He was also appointed a special envoy representing the United States at the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in June 1902, and brought his wife and daughter to London. The coronation was postponed, however, as the King fell ill, and the re-scheduled ceremony in August took place after Reid (and most of the other international representatives) had returned home.
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