He was unsuccessful in his bid to defeat Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 Presidential Election and died soon thereafter.
This author of a letter entitled "The Prayer of Twenty Millions" supported Nathaniel Banks's election as Speaker of the House, leading to this man's caning by Albert Rust. He was succeeded in his best known position by Whitelaw Reid. During the Civil War this man urged the slogan "forward on Richmond!" and he lost popularity after signing the bail bond of Jefferson Davis. This onetime ally of Thurlow Weed and William Seward joined with Carl Schurz and Charles Sumner to create an organization that pushed for civil service reform, the Liberal Republican Party. He was unsuccessful in his bid to defeat Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 Presidential Election and died soon thereafter. For 10 points, name this founder and longtime editor of the New York Tribune who once urged "go west, young man."
This author of a letter entitled "The Prayer of Twenty Millions" supported Nathaniel Banks's election as Speaker of the House, leading to this man's caning by Albert Rust.
Horace Greeley