Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was
editor of the
New-York Tribune, among the great newspapers of its time. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York, and was the candidate of the
Democratic and
Liberal Republican parties in the 1872 presidential election. He was defeated by President
Ulysses S. Grant, and died before the casting of the
electoral vote.