Whitelaw Reid

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Whitelaw Reid (October 27 1837 – December 15 1912) was a U.S. politician and newspaper editor as well as the author of a popular history of Ohio in the Civil War. He was the grandfather of prominent journalist and New York Tribune editor Whitelaw Reid.

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active years end date

1892-03-25, 1912-12-15

active years start date

1889-03-23

birth date

1837-10-27

birth place

Cedarville Ohio, Xenia Ohio, United States

death date

1912-12-15

death place

England, London, Sleepy Hollow New York

order in office

28th, 35th

party

Republican Party (United States)

profession

Politician, Editing

successor

Walter Hines Page, T._Jefferson_Coolidge