Pulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911
Joseph Pulitzer (born József Pulitzer; April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-born American newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World. He became a leading national figure in the Democratic Party and was elected congressman from New York. He crusaded against big business and corruption, and helped keep the Statue of Liberty in New York.
Born in Makó, Hungary, he grew up there and in Pest, where he was educated by private tutors and taught French and German. Following his father's death, he enlisted in the Union Army as a substitute for a draftee, spending a year in the Lincoln Cavalry. Later, he worked his way to St. Louis. While doing odd jobs there, such as muleteer, baggage handler, and waiter, he immersed himself in the city's Mercantile Library, studying English and the law. He worked as a reporter for the Westliche Post and briefly served as a Missouri state representative. Initially aligned with the Republicans, he broke with them to support the Liberal Republican party, joining the Democratic Party in 1874.
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