WEED, THURLOW

(1797-1882), an American editor and politician, b. in Cairo, N. ¥Y. As a boy he began working in a printing office, then served as a private in the American Army during the War of 1812, after which he edited country papers in western New York. In 1830 he founded and edited the Albany Evening Journal, an anti_ Jackson Whig organ, which later became a strong partisan journal of the Republican Party. He became influential in politics and while never accepting political office himself, dominated in the councils of the party. He was responsible for the nomination of Harrison, in 1836 and 1840, of Clay, in.1844, of Taylor, in 1848, of Scott, fm. 1852, and.during the Oivil War ‘he gave strong support to Lincoln. In 1867-8 he edited the New York Commercial Advertiser, later The Globe. He wrote Letters from Europe and the ee Indies, 1866 and Reminiscences