Henry Watterson

United States journalist

Henry Watterson (February 16, 1840 – December 22, 1921), the son of a U.S. Congressman from Tennessee, became a prominent journalist in Louisville, Kentucky, as well as a Confederate soldier, author and partial term U.S. Congressman. A Democrat like his father Harvey Magee Watterson, Henry Watterson for five decades after the American Civil War was a part-owner and editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, which founded by Walter Newman Haldeman and would be purchased by Robert Worth Bingham in 1919, who would end the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist's association with the paper.

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Henry Watterson was born on Sunday, 16 February 1840 in Washington, D.C., United States. He was best known as a journalist. Watterson's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. He died on Thursday, 22 December 1921 in Jacksonville, Florida at the age of 81. He is buried at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA. Politically, he was affiliated with the United States Democratic Party. His zodiac star sign was Aquarius.

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Date of birth	16 February 1840	edit
Place of birth	Washington, D.C., United States	edit
Date of death	22 December 1921	edit
Age	81 (age at death)
Place of death	Jacksonville, Florida	edit
Resting place	Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA	edit
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Occupation category	Journalist	edit
Nationality	American	edit

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Zodiac sign	Aquarius
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Political party	United States Democratic Party	edit

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