John Swinton (journalist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Swinton (journalist)

American journalist, newspaper publisher and orator

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1829

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1901

Profession: editor, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

John Swinton (1829–1901) was a Scottish-American journalist, newspaper publisher, and orator.
Although he arguably gained his greatest influence as the chief editorial writer of The New York Times during the decade of the 1860s, Swinton is best remembered as the namesake of John Swinton's Paper, one of the most prominent American labor newspapers of the 1880s.
Swinton would also serve as chief editorialist of the New York Sun during two stints totaling more than a dozen years.