Missouri Republican

Missouri Republican / St. Louis Republic
Founded1808; 216 years ago (1808)
Ceased publication1919 (1919)
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
CountryUnited States

The Missouri Republican was a newspaper founded in 1808 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Its predecessor was the Morning Gazette.[1] It later changed its name to St. Louis Republic.

After supporting the Whig Party, the paper became aligned with the Democratic Party.[2]

In the late 19th century, the Republic had the second-largest circulation in St. Louis, surpassing papers that would survive it, such as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the St. Louis Star-Times.[3] Its final owner was David R. Francis, a prominent political figure. In 1919, after years of losses, Francis sold the Republic to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a longtime rival paper supportive of the Republican Party, which closed it.[4]

  1. ^ "Globe-Democrat 100th Anniv. History," St. Louis Media History Foundation
  2. ^ "St. Louis Media History". www.stlmediahistory.org.
  3. ^ "American newspaper directory". New York. March 18, 1895 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ The National Endowment for the Humanities. "The St. Louis Republic. [volume]" – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.