Horace White

       Horace White, born 1834, was a reporter connected with the Chicago Tribune, the New York Evening Post, and The Nation. He became editor of the Chicago Evening Journal at only twenty years old, and at twenty-four years old was working alongside Abraham Lincoln against Steven Douglas. Through his new friendship with Lincoln, he became the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune. He soon became editor in chief (and one of the owners) of the Tribune.
       Illness ended this career, but his friendship with Henry Villard, owner of the New York Evening Post and The Nation, earned him a job with both papers. White moved up to editor in chief of the papers, and remained until his retirement. He then was appointed to the New York State Commission on Speculation and Commodities, where he worked as a financial expert. White was the author of numerous novels, and the editor of several more. He also translated one novel, Roman History, from Greek to English.

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