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Josephus Daniels (May 18, 1862 – January 15, 1948) was an American diplomat and newspaper editor from the 1880s until his death, who managed The News & Observer in Raleigh, at the time North Carolina's largest circulation newspaper, for decades.
May 14, 2024 · Josephus Daniels, American editor, secretary of the U.S. Navy during World War I, and diplomat. As publisher of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina, Daniels, a white supremacist, inveighed against Black political empowerment.
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Jan 9, 2023 · Josephus Daniels 18 May 1862 – 15 January 1948 As editor and publisher of the News and Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, he became a major editorial voice in the south, although he was an...
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Josephus Daniels was a prominent journalist and newspaper editor from North Carolina. He purchased the Raleigh News and Observer in 1894 and became a leading “New South” political commentator. He was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to serve as Secretary of the Navy during World War I.
Josephus Daniels (May 18, 1862 – January 15, 1948) was an American diplomat and newspaper editor from the 1880s until his death, who managed The News & Observer in Raleigh, at the time North Carolina 's largest circulation newspaper, for decades.
May 11, 2018 · History. U.S. History: Biographies. Josephus Daniels. views 3,354,122 updated May 11 2018. Josephus Daniels. The American journalist and statesman Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) was secretary of the Navy in Woodrow Wilson 's Cabinet and served as Franklin D. Roosevelt's ambassador to Mexico.
Josephus Daniels was United States secretary of the Navy from 1913–1921. He democratized, expanded, and modernized the United States Navy, preparing it for service in the First World War. During the war Daniels championed the North Sea mining barrage and convoy system to defeat the German U-boat campaign in the Atlantic.
