biography
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| (1840–1921)
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| biography:
| Journalist and politician, born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. The son of a US congressman, he grew up personally familiar with many presidents and passionately interested in politics. As progressive-minded editor of the Kentucky newspaper Louisville Courier-Journal (1868–1902) and then editorial writer (until 1919), he became the most influential voice in Southern journalism. He served briefly in the US House (1876–7), and in 1917 he won a Pulitzer Prize in journalism for editorials urging US entrance into World War 1. |
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