This statue commemorates Horace Greeley, longtime editor of the Tribune. The pedestal upon which the statue rests was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Greeley established the New York Tribune in efforts to promote the Whig and Republican parties as well as opposition to slavery. In the 1872 presidential election, he was the candidate for the Liberal Republican party.
The paper achieved a circulation of approximately 200,000 in the 1850s, making it the largest daily paper in New York City at the time.
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It continued as an independent daily newspaper until 1924 when it merged with the New York Herald. The resulting New York Herald Tribune remained in publication until 1966.
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The pedestal upon which the statue rests was designed by Richard Morris Hunt.
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Greeley's editorials address the social and political issues of his era, including the abolition of slavery and the settlement of the West.
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It was one of the first papers in the north to send reporters, correspondents, and illustrators to cover the campaigns of the American Civil War.
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Candidate for the Liberal Republican party in the 1872 presidential election
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Horace Greeley, Founder of the New York Tribune 1841