The Hartford Republican (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926
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1,553 issues from 1891 to 1922, published in Hartford, Kentucky, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Hartford Republican, established by Colonel Cicero M. Barnett in 1888, played an important part in the early political development in Ohio County, Kentucky. Since 1875, the county seat of Hartford, where the paper was printed, had been dominated by the Democratic Party and its newspaper, the Hartford Herald. The Hartford Republican was born in response.
From the beginning, the Hartford Republican enjoyed commercial success and celebrated several victories against the Hartford Herald, one of which came in 1894 when Ohio County elected a full Republican ticket. The paper kept the political scene in Hartford alive by providing a forum for debate among citizens and politicians, as well as by maintaining the long-standing quarrel with its rival, the Herald. The Republican’s success was evident as the paper grew in size each year and, by 1899, boasted a circulation of 2,000.
Politics played an important role in the life of the Hartford Republican. Many of its editors served in public office and some were full-time politicians. Colonel Barnett, the paper’s founder, was appointed by both Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt to the position of Collector of Customs for the Port of Louisville, in addition to serving as the chairman of Kentucky’s Republican State Central Committee. Claude E. Smith, who served as editor at the turn of the century, also held positions as county attorney and later was elected attorney for the Commonwealth. Wilburn S. Tinsley, the last editor of the…
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- Hartford, Kentucky, United States
- Language
- English
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- Chronicling America
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