- Stilson Hutchins
Stilson Hutchins (1838 - 1912) was an American newspaper reporter and publisher, best known as founder of the "
Washington Post ".Hutchins was born in New Hampshire. He moved to Saint Louis, establishing the "
Saint Louis Times " newspaper in 1866, and becoming a Missouri state representative for the Democratic Party.He subsequently moved to
Washington, D.C. where he founded the "Washington Post" to advance Democratic Party views. It was first published on December 6, 1877, with circulation reaching more than 6,000 copies per day within a year. In 1880Joseph Pulitzer joined the staff. By 1888 Hutchins cut his allegiance to the Democrats, and bought out the paper's only competitor (the Republican National). He sold the Post in 1889.In 1889 Hutchins commissioned a statue of
Benjamin Franklin to stand at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 12th street, overlooking what were then the offices of the "Washington Post ". In 1900 Hutchins also fundedGaetano Trentanove 's statue of Daniel Webster inScott Circle , Washington, D.C..References
*Edward J. Gallagher, "Founder of the Washington Post: A Biography of Stilson Hutchins, 1838-1912", Laconia: Citizen Publishing Company, 1965.
* [http://www.washpostco.com/history-history-1875.htm Washington Post history]
*Dex Nilsson, "The Names of Washington, D.C.", Lafayette: Twinbrook Communications, 1999.
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