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WATTERSON, HENRY (184o )

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 419 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: WAT-WIL
WATTERSON, HENRY (184o ) , American journalist, was born in Washington, D.C., on the 16th of February 1840. His father,
Harvey
  McGee Watterson (18111891), was a journalist and lawyer, and was a Democratic representative in Congress in 1839-1843. The son was educated by private tutors, and between 1858 and 1861 was editor of the Washington States and of the Democratic
Review
 . During the Civil War he served in the Confederate army as aide-de-camp to General Nathan B.
Forrest
  and to General Leonidas Polk in 186r1862; he was editor of the Chattanooga
Rebel
  in 1862-1863, and was
chief
  of scouts in General Joseph E. Johnston's army in 1864. In 18651867 he was an editor of the Republican Banner, at Nashville,
Tennessee
 , and in 18671868 was editor of the
Journal
  at Louisville, Kentucky. In 1868, with W. N. Haldeman, he founded and became editor of the Louisville Courier-
Journal
 , a consolidation of the Courier (1843), the Democrat (1844), and the Journal (183o); and it soon became one of the most influential of Southern
newspapers
 . He was a Democratic representative in Congress from August 1876 to
March
  1877, and was delegate at large to the National Democratic Conventions of 1876, 188o, 1884, 1888 and 1892, serving as temporary chairman in 1876, and as chairman of the platform committee in 188o and 1888. He became widely known as a lecturer and orator. His publications include History of the Spanish-American War (1899) and The Compromises of Life (1902).


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