Manton Marble (1835–1917) was a New York journalist. He was the proprietor and editor of theNew York World from 1862 to 1876.[1]
Marble was born inWorcester,Massachusetts on November 16, 1835. He graduated from theUniversity of Rochester in 1855, at age 20. He joined the BostonJournal and also became editor of theTraveller. He moved toNew York City in 1858 and joined theNew York Evening Post. In 1859, he went to theRed River Valley in theMidwest asThe Evening Post's correspondent. He contributed three papers on his journey toHarper's Magazine.
TheNew York World was founded in 1860. Marble became itsproprietor andeditor in 1862. He turned it into a free-trade Democratic newspaper. Marble'sWorld building was not attacked during theNew York City Draft Riots of 1863, unlike the Republican newspapers TheTribune and TheTimes.
In 1864, theWorld was charged with fraud after it published communications fromPresident Lincoln thatturned out to be forged. Lincoln arrested Marble and placed theWorld under military guard. Marble, and theWorld, was allowed to resume publication three days later.[2] In 1872, theWorld vigorously opposedHorace Greeley's presidential campaign. Marble retired from his editorial position in 1876.
In 1885, he went toEurope as a delegate to theBi-Metallic Congress. He became president of theManhattan Club in 1888. Marble died inEngland on July 24, 1917, at the age of 82.[1]
Manton Marble died this morning of old age at the home of his son-in-law, Sir Martin Conway, Allington Castle, near Maidstone. Mr. Marble, who had been living in England quietly for twenty years, began to fail last Christmas.
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