Presidential Candidate Horace Greeley Died Before Jan. 6, 1873 Certification

Depression enveloped him as he lost job, wife, and 1872 election

In 1872, presidential candidate and NY Herald Publisher Horace Greeley, born in 1811, died on November 29, 1872 at age 61, less than a month after losing the election to Ulysses S. Grant. Depressed both from his loss, a movement at the newspaper to oust him, and the recent passing of his wife, he was sent to an asylum. “Fame is a vapor; popularity an ac…