1790s Republicans

EDITOR

principal Newspaper(s)

Offices

Allen, Phinehas

Pittsfield Sun, 1800-1860

	Mass. House of Representatives, 1814-15, 1818
	Mass. Senate
	Frequent candidate for presidential elector
	Officer of Pittsfield fire district
	Numerous other civic & religious activities

Bradford, John

Lexington Kentucky Gazette, 1787-1802
Frankfort Guardian of Freedom, 1798-1801

Ky. House of Representatives, 1797, 1802

Bradford, Daniel

Lexington Kentucky Gazette

Mayor of Lexington

Buel, Jesse

Troy Northern Budget, 1798-1801
Poughkeepsie Political Barometer, 1802-1805
Kingston Plebeian, 1803-1813
Albany Argus, 1813-21

	Ulster County Judge
	N.Y. Assembly, 1823
	State printer, 1815-21
	Candidate for governor, 1836
	SUNY regent, 1826-40

Childs, Francis

Philadelphia National Gazette

Vermont legislature, 1808

Davis, Matthew L.

New York Time Piece, 1797-98

Columnist, New York Courier and Enquirer, 1830s

	Grand sachem & other positions, NYC Tammany Society ("Tammany Hall")
	Candidate for Naval Office, NYC customhouse
	Auctioneer, NYC, 1802-1804

Dickson, William

Lancaster Intelligencer, 1799-1823

	County Treasurer
	Borough council, 1812-16
	[wife & successor Mary Dickson] Postmaster, 1829-

Duane, William

Philadelphia Aurora General Advertiser, 1798-1822

	Lt. Col., adjutant general, U.S. Army
	Phila. Co. prothonotary
	Candidate for Pa. House

Freneau, Peter

Charleston City Gazette & Carolina Gazette, 1795-1810

South Carolina secretary of state

Gales, Joseph

Philadelphia Gales's Independent Gazetteer, 1796-97
Raleigh Register, 1799-1832

	Mayor of Raleigh, N.C., 19 years
	N.C. state printer, 1800-ca. 1828

Geyer, John

Neue Philadelphische Correspondenz, 1800-1812

In Philadelphia:

	Judge, 1811-12
	Alderman, 1813-27
	Mayor, 1814
	Register of wills, 1828-30

Haswell, Anthony

Bennington Vermont Gazette, 1783-1806

Bennington Green Mountain Farmer, 1811-16

	Vermont postmaster general
	Clerk, Vt. House of Reps., 1803

Holt, Charles

New London Bee, 1797-1802
Hudson (N.Y.) Bee, 1802-1810
New York Columbian, 1809-1816

	Ward justice, NYC
	Clerk in NYC customhouse

Hütter, Christian J.

Lancaster Correspondent, 1799-1803

Easton (Pa.) Northampton Correspondent/Pennsylvania Herald/People's Instructor/Centinel, 1806-1839

	Pa. legislature, 1822-25
	Northampton Co. recorder of deeds, 1829-36

Israel, John

Washington (Pa.) Herald of Liberty, 1798-1802

Pittsburgh Tree of Liberty, 1800-1805

	Washington County (Pa.) register and recorder
	Candidate for Congress

Jones, Meriwether

Richmond Examiner, 1798-1803

	Va. Executive Council of State
	Va. state printer, 1798-1804
	Va. land commissioner

Kammerer, Henry (Heinrich)

Neue Philadelphische Correspondenz

Pa. General Assembly, 1792-94

Kollock, Shepard

Elizabeth(town) New-Jersey Journal

	Postmaster
	Judge, justice of the peace,, Essex Co.
	City official, Elizabethtown

Lillie, John S.

Boston Constitutional Telegraph, 1800-1802

	Clerk, U.S. Loan Office
	Clerk, Bank of the United States, Boston branch

Lyon, Matthew

Rutland Farmer’s Library

Fair Haven Gazette

	Vermont House of Reps., 1779-96 (with a few breaks)
	U.S. House of Representatives, 1797-1801, 1803-1811

McCorkle, William

Chambersburg/Greensburg Farmers' Register, 1798-1803
Philadelphia Evening Post/ Freeman's Journal, 1804-1820+

Justice of the peace, 1825

Mercer, Robert

Fredericksburg Genius of Liberty, 1797-1800

Commonwealth's attorney

Merrill, Orasmus C.

Bennington Vermont Gazette/Tablet of the Times

Pittsfield Berkshire Gazette (F)

	Vermont House & Senate, Executive Council
	Probate judge, State’s Attorney
	U.S. House, 1817-19

Pennington, Samuel

Newark Centinel of Freedom

	N.J. Senate
	N.J. House of Representatives

Pennington, William S.

Hatter,
admitted to bar after 1800

Newark Centinel of Freedom

	Co-founder, Essex County Democratic Society
	N.J. Assembly 1797-99, Council 1800-1804
	N.J. Supreme Court, 1804-1813
	Governor of N.J., 1813-15
	Federal judge, 1815-26

Pleasants, Samuel

Richmond Virginia Argus, 1796-1814

Va. state printer, ca. 1804-1814

Prentis, William

Petersburg Virginia Gazette, 1786-1800

Petersburg Intelligencer, 1800-1804

	Mayor of Petersburg, 1793-94, 97-98, 1801-1802, 1805-1806
	Petersburg recorder, councilman, ca. 1786-1811

Smith, Samuel H.

Philadelphia New World/Universal Gazette, 1796-1800
Washington, D.C. National Intelligencer, 1800-1810

	Washington, D.C. city councilman, 1803-1804
	Commissioner of revenue, 1813-?

Smith, Thomas Perrin

Easton (Md.) Republican Star

Postmaster, 1801-25

Snowden, John M.

Chambersburg/Greensburg Farmers' Register, 1798-1803

Pittsburgh Mercury, 1812-20+

	Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1825-28
	Allegheny Co. recorder of deeds
	Clerk of Orphans' Court
	County judge, 1840-45

Southwick, Henry C.

Newport Rhode Island Museum (F?)
Albany Chronicle (F), 1797-98
Poughkeepsie Journal, 1798-1800
Foreman, New York American Citizen

N.Y. state printer, 1814

Southwick, Solomon

Albany Register, 1792-1800, 1808-1817

Albany Plough Boy, 1819-

	Clerk, N.Y. Assembly, 1803-1807, N.Y. senate, 1807
	Sheriff of Albany, 1809-1810
	N.Y. state printer, 1808-1814
	Postmaster at Albany, 1815-?
	Candidate for governor, 1822 & 1828

Steiner, Melchior

Neue Philadelphische Correspondenz

Federal government clerk, 1799-1807

Trumbull, Samuel

Stonington (Conn.) Journal of the Times/Impartial Journal/Patriot, 1798-1802

Postmaster, 1798-ca.1804

Westcott, James D., Sr.

Bridgeton (N.J.) Argus, 1795-96

Alexandria (Va.) Times, 1797-1802

	N.J. Assembly
	N. J. secretary of state
	Pres. judge, N.J. Court of Common Pleas

Wilson, James J.

Elizabeth(town) New-Jersey Journal (apprentice)

Wilmington Mirror of the Times (foreman), 1799-1800

Trenton True American, 1801-

	Clerk, N.J. General Assembly, ca. 1803-1804
	Surrogate of Hunterdon County, ca. 1808
	Member, N.J. General Assembly, 1809-1811
	U.S. Senator, 1815-21
	Postmaster at Trenton, 1821-24

Wright, Joseph

Wilkesbarre Gazette

Justice of the peace, ca. 1801-1822

Officeholding by Republican Editors and Printers Active from 1791 to 1800

= trained and/or worked as a printer