Horace Rublee
Horace Rublee | |
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Born | August 19, 1829 |
Died | October 19, 1896 Milwaukee, Wisconsin | (aged 67)
Occupation(s) | Journalist, Editor, Republican party leader, Ambassador to Switzerland |
Horace Rublee (August 19, 1829 – October 19, 1896) was a Wisconsin journalist and newspaper editor, Republican party leader, and ambassador to Switzerland.
Rublee was born August 19, 1829, the son of Alvah and Martha (Kent) Rublee, in Berkshire, Vermont, a community on the Canada–US border. In 1839, his father moved to what was then the pioneer western town of Sheboygan, Wisconsin Territory, where he had an interest at a saw mill, and in June 1840 the rest of the family joined him, traveling via steamship to Milwaukee and by sloop from Milwaukee to Sheboygan.[1][2]
The Rublee family was among the earliest of young families from New York and New England who settled in Sheboygan County. This new community was intellectually vibrant. Influential were, for example,
He taught school briefly at age 17. Starting in 1849 he spent a year at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, then returned to Sheboygan County to teach for two more years.
Rublee began his political and journalism career in 1852, when he moved back to Madison. He was legislative reporter for the Madison Argus and Democrat in 1852–53. In 1853 he started work at the
In 1869 Rublee was a candidate for the US Senate, although this was prior to the
When he returned to Wisconsin after his ambassadorship, he again assumed the chair position of the Republican party, serving from 1877 to 1879. In 1878 he settled the 'Greenback Party Controversy' which threatened to seriously divide the party.[6] In 1879 he went east and served as editor of Boston Advertiser for one year.
After he returned to Wisconsin, in 1881 he and associates purchased the Milwaukee Daily News and renamed it Republican and News. In 1882 he purchased the
See also
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Sir Walter Scott
- Charles Dickens
- George Rublee
- William Alvah Rublee
Notes
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- ^ Zillier, Carl (1912). History of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin: Past and Present. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 128. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- ^ Zillier Op. cit. p. 130.
- ^ Zillier Op. cit. p. 131.
- ISSN 1943-7366. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- ^ Usher, Ellis B. (1911). The greenback movement of 1875-1884 and Wisconsin's part in it. Milwaukee: E. B. Usher. p. 33. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
References
- Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 16. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. 1943. Retrieved January 31, 2013.