Henry J. Raymond

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Henry J. Raymond

Henry Jarvis Raymond (born January 24, 1820 in Lima , New York , †  June 18, 1869 in New York City ) was an American journalist and politician .

Life

In 1840 he graduated from the University of Vermont . After completing his studies, Raymond worked for ten years with Horace Greeley , who published the New York Tribune from 1841 . In 1851, Raymond founded their own newspaper with George E. Jones and Edward B. Wesley . Raymond was the editor, Jones the printer, and Wesley the business manager. On September 18, 1851, Raymond, Jones & Co. published the first edition of the New York Times (as The New York Daily Times ). Raymond was editor and principal owner until his death.

Raymond was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1850 to 1851 and was its spokesman the latter year. He supported the view of the radical anti- slavery wing of the Whig Party in the north. In 1854 he won against Greeley the election to lieutenant governor . He held the office for two years.

He also played an important role in the formation of the Republican Party and was the address for those who were accepted into the Pittsburgh Assembly of Republicans on February 22, 1856 . In 1862 he was again a member and speaker of the New York State Assembly. During the Civil War , he generally supported Abraham Lincoln's policies , although he disapproved of his reluctance. He was one of the first to press for the people of the South to be treated indulgently and liberally. In 1865 Raymond was a delegate to the Republican National Convention and was appointed member and chairman of the Republican National Committee ; he was also a member of the US House of Representatives from 1865 to 1867.

On December 22, 1865, he turned against Thaddeus Stevens ' thesis of the "dead states" and argued, in agreement with the president, that secession was null and void and that the southern states had by no means left the Union. As a consequence, despite his supremacy in the Assembly of Loyalists (or National Union) in Philadelphia in August 1866 and despite his authorship of the Declaration of Its Principles issued by the assembly, he lost support in his party. He was removed from the committee chair in 1866 and in 1867 his nomination as ambassador for Austria , which he had already rejected, was rejected by the Senate. In the same year he retired from public life and devoted himself only to his newspaper work until his death in 1869. Raymond was an able public speaker with polished language; one of his most well-known speeches was a greeting to the Hungarian leader Lajos Kossuth , whose cause he defended ardently. But his greatest work was to elevate the style and tone of American journalism.

After Raymund's death by stroke on June 18, 1869, the Times was continued by Jones and was still owned by Raymond, Jones & Co. until the parent company was reorganized as "The New York Times Company" through sale in 1896. Despite price increases, the company did "Times" lost $ 1,000 every week when Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896.

family

On October 24, 1843, he married Juliette Weaver (* 12-Apr-1822, † 13-Oct-1914). They had four children.

  • Son: Henry Warren Raymond (lawyer * 1847, † 1925)
  • Daughter: Mary Elizabeth Raymond Mason (b. * 10-Sep-1849, d. † 13-Jun-1897)
  • Daughter: Aimee Juliette Arteniese Raymond Schroeder (b. * 1857, d. † 1903)

Works

  • Political Lessons of the Revolution . New York 1854
  • Letters to Mr. Yancey . 1860
  • A History of the Administration of President Lincoln . 1964
  • The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln . 1865.

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personal data
SURNAME Raymond, Henry J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Raymond, Henry Jarvis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH near Lima , New York
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1869
Place of death New York City