Horace Greeley

(noun)

An American newspaper editor, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer, a politician, and an outspoken opponent of slavery. He was soundly defeated by Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 presidential election.

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  • Reform and the Election of 1872

    • Then in 1872, the party completely split from the Republican Party and nominated New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley as candidate for the presidency.
    • The Democrats, who at this time had no strong candidate choice of their own, reluctantly adopted Greeley as their candidate with Governor B.G.
    • Grant won 55.8 percent of the popular vote between Greeley and the other minor candidates.
    • Out of respect for Greeley, Grant attended his funeral.
    • Horace Greeley was soundly defeated as the candidate of the Liberal Republican Party during the election of 1872.

  • The Impending Crisis

    • The book was widely praised and distributed by Horace Greeley and other Northern antislavery leaders, and incurred the anger of white Southern leaders.

  • The Grant Years

    • Charles Sumner, embittered by the corruption of the Grant administration, joined the new party, which nominated editor Horace Greeley.
    • The badly organized Democratic party also supported Greeley.

  • The Ostend Manifesto and Cuba

    • American Free-Soilers, recently angered by the Fugitive Slave Law (passed as part of the Compromise of 1850), decried the Manifesto, dubbed by Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune as “The Manifesto of the Brigands”, unconstitutional.

  • Early Public Schools

    • The earliest public schools were developed in the nineteenth century and were known as "common schools," a term coined by American educational reformer Horace Mann that refers to the aim of these schools to serve individuals of all social classes and religions.
    • Horace Mann was an influential reformer of education, responsible for the introduction of common schools—non-sectarian public schools open to children of all backgrounds—in America.

  • Educational Reforms

    • Horace Mann championed education reform that helped to expand state-sponsored public education in the 1800s.
    • Education reform, championed by Horace Mann, helped to bring about state-sponsored public education, including a statewide curriculum and a local property tax to finance public education.
    • The reform movement began in Massachusetts when Horace Mann (May 4, 1796–August 2, 1859) started the common-school movement.
    • The term was coined by Horace Mann and refers to the school's aim to serve individuals of all social classes and religions.
    • Describe the central reforms that Horace Mann brought to public education

  • The Spread of Public Education

    • The term was coined by Horace Mann, and refers to the school's aim to serve individuals of all social classes and religions.
    • Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an American education reformer.

  • The Contraband Camps

    • From a camp on Roanoke Island that started in 1862, Horace James developed the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island (1863–1867).

  • Scandals

    • Corbin himself had $2 million invested in the gold market, and had given both First Lady Julia Grant and Grant's personal secretary, Horace Porter, $500,000 speculative accounts.