HUTCHINS, Stilson

HUTCHINS, Stilson. (Whitefield, Coos County, NH, Nov. 14, 1838--Washington, D.C., Apr. 23, 1912). Stilson Hutchins was educated in the Boston High schools and graduated from Harvard University.

In November 1854, he came to Iowa. In Osage, he established the North Iowan, which he published until about 1860 when he removed to Des Moines and purchased the State Journal. The Journal became one of the leading Democrat papers of the State and its proprietor acquired wide influence in his party.

After a few years, Hutchins disposed of the Journal and moved to Dubuque where he was the editor and proprietor of the DUBUQUE HERALD. In 1866 he moved to St. Louis and established the Daily Times which he published until 1877. During this time he was a member of the Missouri Legislature.

Returning to New Hampshire he served a term in the Legislature in 1880. After moving to Washington, D.C., he established the famed Washington Post. He had founded the Washington Post in order to advance Democratic Party views. It was first published on December 6, 1877, and within a year the circulation topped 6,000 copies per day. In 1880, Joseph Pulitzer joined the staff.

By 1888 Hutchins ended his alliance to the Democrats, and bought out the paper's only competitor, the Republican National. He sold the Post in 1889. He wrote The National Capital in 1886.

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