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Joseph Pulitzer

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Joseph Pulitzer

1847–1911

Hungarian-American newspaper publisher (1847–1911)

Industrial Revolution

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Biography

Joseph Pulitzer was a Hungarian-American politician and a newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World. He became a leading national figure in the U.S. Democratic Party and served one term representing New York's 9th congressional district.

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1847
Birth

Hungarian-American politician, journalist, and publisher, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (d. 1911)

April 10 →
1911
Death

Hungarian-born newspaper publisher (b. 1847)

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