), founder of the New York _Ledger_
(1851), was born in Londonderry of Ulster Scot origin. James Thompson
Callender (d. 1806), a political exile from Scotland, a controversial
writer of great power, a severe critic of the administration of John
Adams, founded the _Richmond Recorder_, predecessor of the _Richmond
Enquirer_. John Swinton (1829-1901), born in Haddingtonshire, was
editorial writer for the New York _Times_ (1860-70), and _Sun_
(1875-83, 1893-97). He took an active interest in social and
industrial questions and was Progressive Labor Party's candidate for
State Senator in 1887. James Redpath (1833-91), journalist and author,
born in Berwick-on-Tweed, was prominently identified with the
abolition movement, was organizer of the school system of South
Carolina, founder of the Boston Lyceum Bureau, war correspondent for
Northern newspapers during the Civil War, and author of several
histories and biographical works. William Andrew Ure (b. 1839), of
Scottish parentage, by his energy made the Newark, New Jersey, _Sunday
Call_, one of the leading newspapers in the state. Whitelaw Reid is
noted under Ambassadors. St. Clair McKelway (b. 1845), who became
Regent and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the State of New York,
was of Scots parentage. Andrew McLean, born in Renton, Dumbartonshire,
in 1848, is editor-in-chief of the _Brooklyn Citizen_, which under his
guidance has become an influential paper. Washington McLean and his
son, John R. McLean, established one of the greatest newspapers in the
Middle West, the _Cincinnati Enquirer_. David Alexander Munro
(1848-1910), a native of Maryburgh, Ross-shire, educated at Edinburgh
University, editor for many years of the _North American Review_. John
Foord, born in Perthshire, came to the U.S. in 1869; became editorial
writer on the _New York Times_ and later editor-in-chief; after 1883,
editor and publisher of the _Brooklyn Union_; editor of _Harper's
Weekly_; leader writer on _Journal of Commerce_, and editor of
_Asia_. Other journalists who may be mentioned are William Cauldwell
(b. 1824) of New York, of Scottish parentage on both sides; George
Dawson (1813-83) of Albany, born in Falkirk, Scotland; William Wiston
Seaton (1785-1866) of Washington, D.C., a Regent of the Smithsonian
Institution; and George Horace Lorimer (b. 1867), journalist and
author of "Letters from a Self-made Merchant to His Son" (1902), etc.
John J. McElhone (1832-90), famous as a stenographer and