American editor and publisher Joseph Medill (1823-1899), a staunch abolitionist and an early advocate of the Republican party, was influential in Abraham Lincoln's presidential drive.Joseph Medill was...
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Joseph Medill epitomized the best and worst of personal journalism as editor and principal owner of the Chicago Tribune between 1855 and 1899. John Tebbel said that Medill's Tribune "tried lawsuits in...
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