The History behind the New York Post
New York is known for many things, the Statue of Liberty, New York fashion week and among other things,
HBO's Sex and the City. But before we forget, oftentimes overshadowed by the immensely popular the New
York Times, there's another popular New York daily newspaper that has actually been around as far back as
in the 1800s.
The New York Evening Post or the New York Post, was actually founded by Alexander Hamilton, who then
chose William Coleman to be its first editor-in-chief way back in the New York Post's humble beginnings.
After William Coleman's short reign as the New York Post's editor-in-chief, he was then replaced by another
William, a William Cullen Bryant, way back in 1829. A fruitful 50 year reign as the New York Post's editor-
in chief, William Cullent Bryant was a staunch believer of defending the rights of those who are being
enslaved, William Cullent Bryant also showed strong support for the emerging trade union back then. He
even went as far as defending the strike of the Society of Journeyman Tailors by trying to link their strike
with slavery back in June 1836.
The year 1881 had the New York Post welcoming Henry Villard at its helm. Henry Villard was a German
immigrant possessing strong political views, had a profound influence on the New York Post. He then
tapped Carl Schurz who was another German radical thinker to be the new managing editor of the New
York Post. But Carl Schurz career with the New York Post was short-lived, he was actually replaced by the
former editor of the Nation (another publication that was owned by Henry Villard), a man named Edwin
Godkin stepped up to manage the New York Post.Henry Villard's death back in the 1900s brought the New
York Post to the hands of Villard's son, Oswald Garrison Villard, who, like his father, also had radical views
and opinions concerning politics, women's suffrage, reform in the trade union and (like his father) fighting
for equal rights African Americans.
A true advocate for human rights, Oswald Garrison Villard was one of the founding members of the
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People or NAACP as well as the American Civil
Liberties Union or ACTU. In spite of being headstrong with his advocacies, Oswald Garrison Villard was
also a popular pacifist, he highly opposed for the American's participation in the first World War. But this
proved to backfire on him as his readers were strong supporters of patriotism so Oswald Garrison Villard,
due to the protests of his readers and the pulling out of his advertisers, was forced to sell the New York Post
in the year 1918.1939 saw the New York Post with Dorothy Schiff at its helm. Schiff then asked Ted
Thackrey as its new editor-in-chief, who actually turned the daily into a streamlined tabloid. Still its politics
driven format was still being incorporated by the New York Post's new editor-in-chief, it highly supported
progressive politics and was actually the only newspaper in New York City who openly supported the
campaign of the democratic party's presidential bet, Adlai Stevenson.
But Schiff's stay with the New York Post ended with Australian Rupert Murdoch acquiring the newspaper
back in 1977.
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