Henry Watterson
Henry Watterson | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 5th district | |
| In office August 12, 1876 – March 3, 1877 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Y. Parsons |
| Succeeded by | Albert S. Willis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 16, 1840 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | December 22, 1921 (aged 81) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Resting place | Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Rebecca Ewing (m. 1865) |
| Children | 8 |
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Henry Watterson (February 16, 1840 – December 22, 1921), the son of a U.S. Congressman from Tennessee, became a prominent journalist in Louisville, Kentucky, as well as a Confederate soldier, author and partial term U.S. Congressman. A Democrat like his father Harvey Magee Watterson, Henry Watterson for five decades after the American Civil War was a part-owner and editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, which was founded by Walter Newman Haldeman and would be purchased by Robert Worth Bingham in 1919, who would end the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's association with the paper.