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Watterson, Henry

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Watterson, Henry (1840–1921)

US journalist and politician. As a progressive-minded editor of the Kentuckian Louisville Courier-Journal (1868–1902) and then editorial writer (through 1919), he became the most influential voice in southern journalism. He himself served briefly in the US House (1876–77). In 1917 he won a Pulitzer Prize in journalism for editorials urging US entrance into World War I. Watterson was born in Washington, DC. The son of a US congressman, he grew up personally familiar with many presidents and passionately interested in politics.



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