19th-century American journalists

The list 19th-century American journalists includes Walt Whitman, Cyrus McCormick, Frederick Douglass, Alice Dunbar Nelson and Clement Vallandigham. The list consists of 893 members and 2 sublists.

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Walt Whitman

American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)

Overview: Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views ...

Date of birth: 31 May 1819

Date of death: 26 March 1892

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Male

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19th-century American LGBT people 47T

Walt Whitman 6T

American LGBT novelists 448T
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Cyrus McCormick

American inventor and businessman (1809–1884)

Overview: Cyrus Hall McCormick (February 15, 1809 – May 13, 1884) was an American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became part of the International Harvester ...

Date of birth: 15 February 1809

Date of death: 13 May 1884

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Inventor

Gender: Male

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19th-century American inventors 564T

American male journalists 4,321T

Businesspeople from Chicago, Illinois 588T
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Frederick Douglass

American abolitionist

Overview: Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; c. – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland ...

Date of birth: 14 February 1818

Date of death: 20 February 1895

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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People from Anacostia 2T

Fugitive American slaves that reached Canada 8T

African-American expatriates in the United Kingdom 10T
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Alice Dunbar Nelson

American journalist, poet and activist (1875–1935)

Overview: Alice Dunbar Nelson (July 19, 1875 – September 18, 1935) was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation born free in the South after the Civil War, she was one of ...

Date of birth: 19 July 1875

Date of death: 18 September 1935

Age: 60 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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Editors of Delaware newspapers 4T

African-American suffragists 91T

Activists from Delaware 7T
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George Hearst

American politician

Overview: George Hearst (September 3, 1820 – February 28, 1891) was an American businessman, miner, and politician. After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations, and is known ...

Date of birth: 3 September 1820

Date of death: 28 February 1891

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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Politicians who died in office 2,943T

19th-century American male writers 904T

People from Sullivan, Missouri 7T
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Clement Vallandigham

American lawyer and politician

Overview: Clement Laird Vallandigham (July 29, 1820 – June 17, 1871) was an Ohio politician and leader of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War. He served two terms in ...

Date of birth: 29 July 1820

Date of death: 17 June 1871

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Male

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Knights of the Golden Circle 12T

Civilians who were court-martialed 14T

Politicians from Dayton, Ohio 57T
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Augustin Daly

American theatre impressario

Overview: John Augustin Daly (July 20, 1838 – June 7, 1899) was one of the most influential men in American theatre during his lifetime. Drama critic, theatre manager, playwright, and adapter, he became the ...

Date of birth: 20 July 1838

Date of death: 7 June 1899

Age: 60 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Critic

Gender: Male

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People from Plymouth, North Carolina 14T

19th-century American male writers 904T

American male dramatists and playwrights 800T
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Nellie Bly

American investigative journalist (1864–1922)

Overview: Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (born Elizabeth Jane Cochran; May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922), better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker ...

Date of birth: 5 May 1864

Date of death: 27 January 1922

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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Deaths from pneumonia in New York City 259T

Deaths from pneumonia in New York (state) 401T

20th-century pseudonymous writers 1,008T
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Henry Wilson

Vice president of the United States from 1873 to 1875

Overview: Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was the 18th vice president of the United States (1873–75) and a senator from Massachusetts (1855–73). Before and during ...

Date of birth: 16 February 1812

Date of death: 22 November 1875

Age: 63 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Historian

Gender: Male

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Christian abolitionists 358T

Politicians who died in office 2,943T

People who died in office 731T
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Jacques Futrelle

Mystery writer

Overview: Jacques Heath Futrelle (April 9, 1875 – April 15, 1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen ...

Date of birth: 9 April 1875

Date of death: 15 April 1912

Age: 37 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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20th-century American male writers 6,911T

Novelists from Massachusetts 401T

20th-century American non-fiction writers 3,627T
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Ida B. Wells

Social Reformer

Overview: Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National ...

Date of birth: 16 July 1862

Date of death: 25 March 1931

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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19th-century American women educators 199T

American women sociologists 259T

19th-century American slaves 304T
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Anne Hampton Brewster

American writer

Overview: Anne Maria Hampton Brewster (October 29, 1818 – April 1, 1892) was one of America's first female foreign correspondents, publishing primarily in Philadelphia, New York and Boston newspapers. She also ...

Date of birth: 29 October 1818

Date of death: 1 April 1892

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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Pseudonymous women writers 644T

Novelists from Pennsylvania 345T

19th-century American short story writers 125T
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William Buckingham Curtis

Father of American amateur athletics

Overview: William Buckingham "Father Bill" Curtis (January 17, 1837 – June 30, 1900) was one of the most important proponents of organized athletics in the late 1800s in America. Curtis had a remarkable career as ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1837

Date of death: 30 June 1900

Age: 63 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Editor

Gender: Male

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19th-century American male writers 904T

American male sprinters 657T

Presidents of the Amateur Athletic Union 5T
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Sarah T. Bolton

American writer

Overview: Sarah Tittle Bolton née Barrett (December 18, 1814 – August 4, 1893) was an American poet and women's rights activist who is considered an unofficial poet laureat of Indiana. Bolton collaborated with Robert ...

Date of birth: 18 December 1814

Date of death: 5 August 1893

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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19th-century American women singers 25T

A Woman of the Century 883T

Kentucky women writers 119T
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Oswald Ottendorfer

German-American journalist

Overview: Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer (26 February 1826 - 15 December 1900) was a United States journalist associated with the development of the German-language New Yorker Staats-Zeitung into a major newspaper ...

Date of birth: 26 February 1826

Date of death: 15 December 1900

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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19th-century philanthropists 1,011T

19th-century American male writers 904T

19th-century male writers 4,656T
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William Cooper Nell

American journalist

Overview: William Cooper Nell (December 16, 1816 – May 25, 1874) was an African-American abolitionist, journalist, publisher, author, and civil servant of Boston, Massachusetts, who worked for integration of schools ...

Date of birth: 16 December 1816

Date of death: 25 May 1874

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Historian

Gender: Male

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People from Beacon Hill, Boston 77T

19th-century American male writers 904T

Historians from Massachusetts 230T
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Moses Yale Beach

American businessman

Overview: Moses Yale Beach (January 7, 1800 – July 18, 1868) was an American inventor and publisher who started the Associated Press, and is credited with originating print syndication.

Date of birth: 7 January 1800

Date of death: 18 July 1868

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Inventor

Gender: Male

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19th-century American inventors 564T

American male journalists 4,321T

Associated Press people 32T
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Thomas Kinsella (New York)

American politician

Overview: Thomas Kinsella (December 31, 1832 – February 11, 1884) was an American printer and politician who served one term as a United States representative from New York from 1871 to 1873.

Date of birth: 31 December 1832

Date of death: 11 February 1884

Age: 51 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Editor

Gender: Male

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19th-century American male writers 904T

19th-century male writers 4,656T

American male journalists 4,321T
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George Law Curry

American politician

Overview: George Law Curry (July 2, 1820 – July 28, 1878) was an American political figure and newspaper publisher predominantly in what became the state of Oregon. A native of Pennsylvania, he published a newspaper ...

Date of birth: 2 July 1820

Date of death: 28 July 1878

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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19th-century American male writers 904T

19th-century male writers 4,656T

American male journalists 4,321T
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Joshua V. Himes

Christian leader, publisher, and promoter (1805–1895)

Overview: Joshua Vaughan Himes (1805–1895) was a Christian leader and publisher. He became involved with the followers of William Miller and later became a prominent leader in the Advent Christian Church.

Date of birth: 1805

Date of death: 1895

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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Abolitionists from New Bedford, Massachusetts 17T

19th-century American male writers 904T

People from Buchanan, Michigan 8T