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Webb, James Watson

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Webb, James Watson (1802–1884)

US journalist and diplomat. After serving in the US Army, where he won a reputation as a duellist, he bought the New York Morning Courier in 1827, soon merging it with the Enquirer, and eventually took over editorship of the merged paper, retaining that role until 1861. A strong partisan, he originally supported Democrat US President Andrew Jackson but later became a prominent Whig. As a diplomat he helped secure French withdrawal from Mexico in 1865 and from 1861–69 was US ambassador to Brazil. Webb was born in Claverack, New York.



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