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About The Stark County Democrat. (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912
Canton, Ohio (1833-1912)

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Title:
The Stark County Democrat. : (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912
Alternative Titles:
  • Stark Democrat
Place of publication:
Canton, Ohio
Geographic coverage:
Publisher:
W. & G. Dunbar, Jr.
Dates of publication:
1833-1912
Description:
  • Began in June 1833; ceased with Mar. 30, 1912 issue?
Frequency:
Weekly July 2, 1908-1912
Language:
  • English
Subjects:
  • Canton (Ohio)--Newspapers.
Notes:
  • Daily eds.: Canton daily Democrat, 1884-1888, and: News-Democrat (Canton, Ohio : l888), 1888-1903, and: Canton morning news, 1903-1910, and: News-Democrat (Canton, Ohio : Morning ed.), 1910-1912, and: Canton evening times, 1910, and: News-Democrat (Canton, Ohio : Evening ed.), 1910.
  • Description based on: Vol. 5, no. 23 (Dec. 17, 1838) = Whole no. 224.
  • Editor: Archibald McGregor, <1852>-1858, 1860-1877
  • Publishers: Daniel Gotshall, <1835-1846>; Edward J. Carney, B.F. Leiter <1848>; John & A. McGregor, 1848; Archibald McGregor, 1848-<1858>; Thomas Beer, 1858-1860; Archibald McGregor, 1860-1866; A. McGregor & Son, 1867-1877; Democrat Pub. Co., 1888-1912.
  • Special issue, consisting of the annual messages of the President and of the governor of Ohio, published Dec. 14, 1846.
LCCN:
sn 84028490
OCLC:
11128854
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Stark County Democrat

The Stark County Democrat was established in 1833 using equipment acquired from a failed newspaper in Paris, Ohio. A man named Leonard purchased the printing equipment and supplies and founded the Democrat in nearby Canton. Within six months, Leonard died of cholera, and ownership of the paper was transferred to the editor, William Dunbar. Leonard’s death marked the first of the many managerial changes in the long history of the Democrat.

Never shying away from its pointed commentary, the Democrat at first concentrated on local events, before shifting toward national headlines at the turn of the century. Yet from the outset, the paper also focused on larger issues. In fact, the Democrat was launched as a mouthpiece for those opposing the Bank of the United States and paper currency. During the Civil War, the Democrat aroused considerable opposition through its criticism of the national administration and the conduct of military operations. Local demonstrators nearly destroyed the plant in 1861, and the paper’s senior editor at the time, Archibald McGregor, was confined to Camp Mansfield, a military installation, for a month in 1862. McGregor was eventually discharged by Governor David Tod and took an oath of loyalty.

Beginning In 1888, the Democrat benefitted from the steady guidance of Civil War General and former Ohio Secretary of State and Representative Isaac R. Sherwood, who owned the Democratic Publishing Company. By that point, the paper was operating a cylinder press (established in 1866, the first in Stark County) and had cultivated a circulation of over 7,500. After General Sherwood retired, the Democrat changed hands several more times before it finally ceased publication in 1912.

Provided by: Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH

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