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HENRY WATTERSON (184o– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 419 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HENRY See also:WATTERSON (184o– )  , See also:American journalist, was See also:born in See also:Washington, D.C., on the 16th of See also:February 1840 . His See also:father, See also:Harvey McGee See also:Watterson (1811–1891), was a journalist and lawyer, and was a Democratic representative in See also:Congress in 1839-1843 . The son was educated by private tutors, and between 1858 and 1861 was editor of the Washington States and of the Democratic See also:Review . During the See also:Civil See also:War he served in the Confederate See also:army as aide-de-See also:camp to See also:General Nathan B . See also:Forrest and to General See also:Leonidas See also:Polk in 186r–1862; he was editor of the See also:Chattanooga See also:Rebel in 1862-1863, and was See also:chief of scouts in General See also:Joseph E . See also:Johnston's army in 1864 . In 1865–1867 he was an editor of the Republican Banner, at See also:Nashville, See also:Tennessee, and in 1867–1868 was editor of the See also:Journal at See also:Louisville, See also:Kentucky . In 1868, with W . N . See also:Haldeman, he founded and became editor of the Louisville See also:Courier-Journal, a consolidation of the Courier (1843), the Democrat (1844), and the Journal (183o); and it soon became one of the most influential of See also:Southern See also:newspapers . He was a Democratic representative in Congress from See also:August 1876 to See also:March 1877, and was delegate at large to the See also:National Democratic Conventions of 1876, 188o, 1884, 1888 and 1892, serving as temporary chairman in 1876, and as chairman of the See also:platform See also:committee in 188o and 1888 . He became widely known as a lecturer and orator .

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History of the See also:Spanish-American War (1899) and The Compromises of See also:Life (1902) .

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