Whitelaw Reid

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Whitelaw Reid was an American newspaper editor, diplomat, and Republican politician who served as U.S. ambassador to France and the United Kingdom and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1892.


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instanceOf Republican Party politician
diplomat
human
journalist
newspaper editor
politician
authorOf After the War: A Southern Tour
awardReceived Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
burialPlace Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
candidateInElection 1892 United States presidential election
causeOfDeath pneumonia
child Ogden Mills Reid
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1837-10-27
dateOfDeath 1912-12-15
educatedAt Miami University
Xenia Academy
employer Cincinnati Gazette
New-York Tribune
ethnicGroup Scots-Irish American
familyName Reid
fullName Whitelaw Reid
givenName Whitelaw
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States)
notableWork After the War: A Southern Tour
New-York Tribune
occupation diplomat
journalist
newspaper editor
politician
publisher
war correspondent
participantIn American Civil War
placeOfBirth near Xenia, Ohio
placeOfDeath London, United Kingdom
positionHeld Chancellor of the University of the State of New York
Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States
United States Ambassador to France
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
United States Minister to France
editor of the New-York Tribune
owner of the New-York Tribune
religion Presbyterianism
residence New York City
Ophir Hall, Purchase, New York
runningMateOf Benjamin Harrison
sexOrGender male
spouse Elizabeth Mills Reid

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