WEED, THURLOW

thûrˈlō, 1797–1882, American journalist and political leader, b. Cairo, N.Y. After working on various newspapers in W New York, Weed joined the Rochester Telegraph and was influential as a supporter of John Quincy Adams. For a short time he published the Anti-Masonic Enquirer and as a leader of the Anti-Masonic party opposed Martin Van Buren. He wielded much political influence as editor of the Albany Evening Journal after 1830 and was a staunch opponent of the Albany Regency. Becoming a Whig, Weed in 1840 helped secure the election of William H. Harrison as President. In 1844 he helped bring about the presidential nomination of Henry Clay, and in 1848 he backed Zachary Taylor. Though paying lip service to various reforms, notably the abolition of slavery, Weed was more at home with the problems of patronage and lobbying and came to be regarded as the silent boss of the Whig party. After the Whig party disintegrated over the slavery issue, Weed joined (1855) the new Republican party and worked in close cooperation with William H. Seward. Seward was his close personal friend as well as political ally, and Weed carefully shepherded Seward's career as state legislator, governor of New York, and U.S. senator. He failed, however, to secure for Seward the Republican presidential nomination in 1860. Both Weed and Seward nevertheless came to be President Lincoln's staunch supporters. During the Civil War, Weed went on a special diplomatic mission to France and England. His political power in the Republican party was destroyed by his support of the Reconstruction policies of Andrew Johnson in 1866, and he was never again able to exert great political influence. His travels were turned to account in his Letters From Europe and the West Indies (1866).

See The Life of Thurlow Weed (2 vol., 1883–84, including his autobiography and a memoir by his grandson); biography by G. G. Van Deusen (1947, repr. 1969).

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Thurlow Weed, Wizard of the Lobby
Book by Glyndon G. Van Deusen; Little, Brown and Company, 1947
Subjects: Weed, Thurlow--1797-1882
...129 , 160 - 161 , 174 f., 180 Weed, Catherine Ostrander, wife of Thurlow, 11 - 12 , 31 , 81 , 83 , 232...Peck Kempshall, daughter of Thurlow, 31 , 169 , 337 , 345 Weed, Harriet Ann, daughter of Thurlow, 17 , 31 , 81 , 137 , 169...
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The Peacemakers of 1864
Book by Edward Chase Kirkland; The Macmillan Company, 1927
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Peace
...York politics when Seward and Weed were Whigs and Van Buren and the...the presidential nomination. 52 Thurlow Weed was pained when Lincoln told...CXXIX, pp. 260-261. 52 Barnes Thurlow: Memoirs of Thurlow Wood , p. 274, a letter of H...
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Winfield Scott: The Soldier and the Man
Book by Charles Winslow Elliott; Macmillan, 1937
Subjects: Scott, Winfield--1786-1866
...Cincinnati: Wilstach, Baldwin Co., 1874. WEED THURLOW, Life of Thurlow Weed including his Autobiography ed. by his daughter, Harriet A. Weed, and a Memoir of Thurlow Weed, by Thurlow Weed Barnes . 2 vols. Boston...
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A House Dividing: Lincoln as President Elect
Book by William E. Baringer; Abraham Lincoln Association, 1945
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham--1809-1865--Political Career Before 1861, United States--Politics And Government--1857-1861
...Lincoln on the Eve of 61 . New York, 1941. Weed Thurlow, Autobiography of Thurlow Weed . Harriet A. Weed, ed. Boston, 1883...Lincolns Rise to Power . Boston, 1937. Barnes Thurlow Weed, Memoir of Thurlow Weed . Boston, 1884...
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Cyclopedia of American Government - Vol. 3
Book by Andrew C. McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart; Peter Smith, 1963
Subjects: United States--Politics And Government--Dictionaries
...B. McMaster, Daniel Webster 1902 . W. MACD. WEED, THURLOW. Thurlow Weed 1797- 1882 was born at Cairo, N. Y., November...RULE; NEW YORK; REPUB- LICAN PARTY. References: Thurlow Weed, Au tobiography 1883 ; T. W. Barnes, Memoir...
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A Coffin for the Union
Journal article by Robert J; Afro - Americans in New York Life and History, Vol. 23, 1999
Subjects: Albany, NY, Coffin, Edwin S., Congress, Fillmore, Millard, Government, New York, NY, Otsego, NY, Politics, Seward, William H., Slavery, Taylor, Zachary, Weed, Thurlow
...been long standing, between him and Thurlow Weed, the New York City Boss, and William...with Fillmore. Seeing the twist that Weed and company were giving to modification...Slave Law become the sounding board for Weeds sectionalism, got up merely for political...spotted the plot in advance. As a result, Weed did not win control of the Citys patronage...reconciliation with Fillmore. Taking advantage of Weeds pretense, Fillmore then pressed to put...
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Measures for a "Speedy Conclusion": A Reexamination of Conscription and Civil War Federalism
Journal article by Rachel A. Shelden; Civil War History, Vol. 55, 2009
Subjects: Governors--Military aspects, Governors--Political aspects, Greeley, Horace--Political activity, Lincoln, Abraham--Political activity, Political parties--Military aspects, Seymour, Horatio--Political activity
...York, Seward and his old friend Thurlow Weed, editor of the Albany Evening...1862. (38.) August Belmont to Thurlow Weed, July 20, 1862, in Letters...Apr. 18, 1863, 4. (64.) Thurlow Weed to Abraham Lincoln, Albany, Mar...
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Canvassing the Troops: The Federal Government and the Soldiers' Right to Vote
Journal article by Jonathan W. White; Civil War History, Vol. 50, 2004
Subjects: Politics--History, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Research
...York Republican leader Thurlow Weed warned Lincoln that Depew...LC. (55.) Thurlow Weed to Lincoln, Oct. 10...Springsteed to Thurlow Weed, Oct. 21, 1864, Lincoln...William Richardson to Thurlow Weed, Oct. 23, 1864...
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From Pink Lemonade to Salt River: Horace Greeley's Utopia and the Death of the Whig Party
Journal article by Gregory A. Borchard; Journalism History, Vol. 32, 2006
Subjects: American history, Editors, Greeley, Horace (1811-72), Journalism, Political parties, Utopias, Whig Party-US
...cited his association with Seward and Weed as "the firm of Seward, Weed, and Greeley," and Weeds autobiography included an identical title...Tribunes earnings.72 However, Sewards and Weeds business-minded associates, considering...Greeley a liability to the firm, pressured Weed to remove him from consideration as a...
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The New York Tribune and the 1844 Election: Horace Greeley, Gangs and the Wise Men of Gotham
Journal article by Gregory A. Borchard; Journalism History, Vol. 33, 2007
Subjects: American history, Congressional elections, Data collection, Election results, Historians, Native North Americans, Nominations, Personal information, Politics, Urban areas
...association as "the firm of Seward, Weed, and Greeley," and Weeds autobiography included an identical tide...Shortly after the election, Granger, whom Weed had considered a political ally, finally severed ties with the firm, despite Weeds pleas. "I cannot consent to part company without an explanation," Weed wrote. I not only appreciate your feelings...
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The Most Illustrious Journalist No One Ever Heard Of
Magazine article by William H. Rentschler; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 127, July 1998
Subjects: Journalists--Biography, Newspaper publishing--History, Ochs, Adolph S.--Biography, Publishers (Persons)--Biography, Raymond, Henry Jarvis--Biography, The New York Times (Newspaper)--Officials and employees
...to the Whigs. He got to know Whig leaders like Thurlow Weed and William Henry Seward, who played a major role...party leaders that counted most. Raymond was a Weed man at a time when Weed dominated New York State politics. He was a Seward...
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No Ordinary Tome: Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin's Much Anticipated Book about Abraham Lincoln, Marks Her Return to the Arena after a Devastating Scandal. throughout Her Personal Trials, Goodwin Says, Lincoln Himself Proved to Be a Major Source of Consolation. "His Whole Philosophy Was Not to Waste Precious Energies on Recriminations about the Past."
Magazine article by Thomas Mallon; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 296, November 2005
Subjects: Goodwin, Doris Kearns--Criticism and interpretation, Goodwin, Doris Kearns--Works, Historians--Criticism and interpretation, Historians--Works, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Book)--Criticism and interpretation
...His own political realism restrained his antislavery zeal, as did the enforced cautionings of the "Dictator," Thurlow Weed, the Albany editor and boss who had turned the states Whigs into Republicans. Yet any reader whose image of Sewards...
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A Man in It: President Lincoln Filled His Cabinet with Political Opponents, but through Force of Personality Shaped Them for the Tasks Ahead
Magazine article by Garry Wills; American Scholar, Vol. 75, Winter 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Book)--Book reviews
...in the 1860 election, William Henry Seward, to effect a silent coup before the inauguration. Sewards Karl Rove, Thurlow Weed, went to Springfield after the election and let the improbable Republican victor know: a) that he needed Seward as...


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Lincoln Developed 'Covert Battlefield'
Newspaper article by Stephen F. Knott; The Washington Times, October 5, 1996
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham
...intervention began when Lincoln summoned Thurlow Weed, a New York political operative...second week of February in 1863. Weed would become the central player in...entry for Feb. 10, 1863, notes: "Thurlow Weed is in town. He has been sent...
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Lincoln Outfoxed Seward for the Nomination
Newspaper article by Gordon Leidner; The Washington Times, August 10, 1996
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham
...sent his political manager, Thurlow Weed, along with his states...some would say the unscrupulous Weed - were confident. It would...New York Tribune. Seward and Weed recognized that they were not...son, Stephen A. Douglas), Weed was prepared to acquire the...the caucusing of delegates. Weeds approach was to offer champagne...
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Battle for Hearts and Minds Fought in England
Newspaper article by Kenneth T. Simendinger; The Washington Times, April 1, 2000
Subjects: England, Lincoln, Abraham
...abroad a team led by political pro Thurlow Weed, plus a pair of Protestant and Catholic...Seward, "One war at a time.") Weed drafted and had Scott sign a letter...abroad, pleading for public calm. Weed remained overseas for eight months...
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The Real Obama
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 3, 2008
Subjects: Obama, Barack
...leaders trying to find a way out of their dilemma," Thurlow Weed writes at www.real clear politics.com. "The idea...and in and of itself will cause little problem," Mr. Weed said. "But the Michigan decision is a jaw dropper...
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Eccentric Editor, English Gardener
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 3, 2006
Subjects: Book publishing, Greeley, Horace, New York University Press, Paxton, Joseph
...politics, and his writing in the presidential campaign of 1840 called him to the attention of the powerful Whig boss, Thurlow Weed. In 1841 Greeley launched the New York Tribune, the first Whig daily in the city. Over the next two decades, he...
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Weed, Thurlow
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WEED, THURLOW thur lo, 1797 1882, American journalist...working on various newspapers in W New York, Weed joined the Rochester Telegraph and was...West Indies (1866). See The Life of Thurlow Weed (2 vol., 1883 84, including his...
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Whig Party
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...to them, including the political bosses of New York, Thurlow Weed and William Seward . The party went on to victory in 1840...in 1844 but was defeated by James K. Polk . In 1848, Weed and his associates swung the nomination from Webster and...
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Seward, William Henry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...close personal and political friend, Thurlow Weed , became the two most influential Whigs...disintegration of the Whig party, Seward and Weed joined (1855) the new Republican party...or possibly because of) the efforts of Weeds machine, was never able to secure the...
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Anti-Masonic Party
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...murdered him, and in reaction local organizations arose to refuse support to Masons for public office. In New York state Thurlow Weed and William H. Seward attempted unsuccessfully to use the movement, which appealed strongly to the poorer classes...
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Republican Party
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and other men. By 1855 the new party was well launched in the North. Anti-slavery Whigs such as William Seward and Thurlow Weed were dominant in the new grouping, but elements of the Know-Nothing movement , together with the Free-Soil party...
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