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Whitelaw Reid ( October 27 , 1837 - December 15 , 1912 ) was a U.S. politician and newspaper editor. A native of Ohio, Reid graduated from Miami University with honors in 1856. At Miami University , he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon , and lobbied for the expulsion of the six members who ultimately went on to found Sigma Chi ( Thomas Cowan Bell , James Parks Caldwell , Daniel William Cooper , Isaac M. Jordan , Benjamin Piatt Runkle , and Franklin Howard Scobey .) He was the longtime editor of the New York Tribune and close friend of Horace Greeley . He was a leader of the Liberal Republican movement in 1872. A Republican , he had an illustrious career as an ambassador, serving as U.S. ambassador to France from 1889 to 1892 , and again as U.S. Ambassador To The Court Of St. James from 1905 to 1912 . In 1892 , he was the Republican vice presidential nominee on a ticket headed by incumbent president Benjamin Harrison . Reid was given a spot on the Peace Commission following the Spanish-American War . Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York of Westchester County is currently located on his former estate. EXTERNAL LINKS
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