Editing New York Post (section)

===19th century===
{{Further|Alexander Hamilton}}
[[File:The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world (1908) (14765342825).jpg|thumb|The ''New York Post'' was founded in 1801 by [[Alexander Hamilton]], a [[Founding Father of the United States|Founding Father]] who [[George Washington]] appointed as the nation's first [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]].]]
[[File:William Coleman (1766-1829), New York Evening Post editor.jpg|thumb|Alexander Hamilton appointed [[William Coleman (editor)|William Coleman]] as the newspaper's first editor in 1801; Coleman served in that capacity until his death in 1829.]]
[[File:William Cullen Bryant.jpg|thumb|[[William Cullen Bryant]], the ''Post''{{'}}s most notable 19th-century editor]]
The ''Post'' was founded by [[Alexander Hamilton]] with about US$10,000 ({{Inflation|US|10000|1801|fmt=eq}}){{inflation/fn|US}} from a group of investors in the autumn of 1801 as the ''New-York Evening Post'',<ref>Allan Nevins, ''The Evening Post: Century of Journalism'', Boni and Liveright, 1922, p. 17.</ref> a [[broadsheet]]. Hamilton's co-investors included other New York members of the [[Federalist Party]], including [[Robert Troup]] and [[Oliver Wolcott]]<ref>Nevins, p. 14.</ref> who were dismayed by the election of [[Thomas Jefferson]] as [[President of the United States|U.S. president]] and the rise in popularity of the [[Democratic-Republican Party]].<ref name=emery>Emery & Emery</ref>{{rp|74}} At a meeting held at [[Archibald Gracie]]'s weekend villa, which is now [[Gracie Mansion]], Hamilton recruited the first investors for the new paper.<ref>Nevins, pp. 17–18.</ref> Hamilton chose [[William Coleman (editor)|William Coleman]] as his first editor.<ref name=emery />{{rp|74}}

The most notable 19th-century ''Evening Post'' editor was the poet and [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] [[William Cullen Bryant]].<ref name=emery />{{rp|90}} So well respected was the ''Evening Post'' under Bryant's editorship, it received praise from the English philosopher [[John Stuart Mill]], in 1864.<ref>Nevins, p. 341.</ref>

In addition to literary and drama reviews, [[William Leggett (writer)|William Leggett]] began to write political editorials for the ''Post''. Leggett's espoused a fierce opposition to [[central banking]] and support for the organization of labor unions. He was a member of the [[Locofocos|Equal Rights Party]]. In 1831, he became a co-owner and editor of the ''Post'',{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} eventually working as sole editor of the newspaper while Bryant traveled in Europe in 1834 and 1835.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beckner |first1=Steve |title=Leggett |url=https://reason.com/1977/02/01/leggett/ |website=reason.com |date=February 1977 |publisher=Reason Foundation |access-date=February 19, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114132245/https://reason.com/1977/02/01/leggett/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

One of the co-owners of the paper during this period was [[John Bigelow]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Bigelow|title=John Bigelow {{!}} American diplomat|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502164925/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Bigelow|archive-date=May 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Born in [[Malden-on-Hudson, New York]], Bigelow graduated in 1835 from Union College, where he was a member of the [[Sigma Phi]] Society and the Philomathean Society,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://schaffer.union.edu/bigelow/johnbigelow.html|title=Bigelow Correspondence Database|author=John Bigelow|website=schaffer.union.edu|access-date=May 2, 2019|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114132346/https://arches.union.edu/bigelow|url-status=live}}</ref> and was admitted to the bar in 1838.<ref name=":0" /> From 1849 to 1861, he was one of the editors and co-owners of the ''Evening Post''.<ref name=":0" /> 

Another owner with Bryan and Bigelow was Isaac Henderson.<ref name=":6">Mayer-Sommer, Alan P. (May 2010). "S[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1032373209359324 o many controls; so little control: The case of Isaac Henderson, Navy Agent at New York, 1861-4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114132246/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1032373209359324|date=January 14, 2024}}". ''[[Accounting History]]''. '''15''' (2): 173–198. [[Doi (identifier)|doi]]:10.1177/1032373209359324. [[ISSN (identifier)|ISSN]] 1032-3732. [[S2CID (identifier)|S2CID]] 155059092. Retrieved July 15, 2020.</ref> In 1877, this led to the involvement of his son [[Isaac Henderson]] Jr., who became the paper's publisher, stockholder, and member of its board, just five years after graduating from college.<ref name=":7">"[[wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Isaac Austin Henderson|Isaac Austin Henderson]]", ''Catholic Encyclopedia'', vol. Volume 7, 1913, retrieved May 16, 2022</ref> Henderson Sr.'s 33-year tenure with the ''Evening Post'' ended in 1879, when it was learned that he had defrauded Bryant the entire time.<ref name=":6" /> Henderson Jr. sold his interest in the newspaper in 1881.<ref name=":7" />

In 1881, [[Henry Villard]] took control of the ''Evening Post'' and ''[[The Nation]]'', which became the ''Post''{{'}}s weekly edition. With this acquisition, the paper was managed by the triumvirate of [[Carl Schurz]], [[Horace White (writer)|Horace White]], and [[Edwin Lawrence Godkin|Edwin L. Godkin]].<ref>Nevins, p. 438.</ref> When Schurz left the paper in 1883, Godkin became editor-in-chief.<ref>Nevins, p. 458.</ref> White became editor-in-chief in 1899, and remained in that role until his retirement in 1903.<ref>"[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E00E1D71F31E733A05754C1A96F9C946796D6CF Horace White Dies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192338/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E00E1D71F31E733A05754C1A96F9C946796D6CF |date=March 3, 2016 }}," ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 17, 1916.</ref><ref>Nevins, pp. 440–441.</ref>

In 1897, both publications passed to the management of Villard's son, [[Oswald Garrison Villard]],<ref>''Webster's Biographical Dictionary'', G. & C. Miriam Co., 1964, p. 1522.</ref> a founding member of both the [[NAACP]]<ref>Christopher Robert Reed, ''The Chicago NAACP and the Rise of Black Professional Leadership, 1910–1966'', Indiana University Press, 1997, p. 10.</ref> and the [[American Anti-Imperialist League]].<ref name=emery />{{rp|257}}