The New York Post was started by which famous American?

The Post was founded by Alexander Hamilton with about US $10,000 from a group of investors in the autumn of 1801 as the New-York Evening Post, a broadsheet. The New York Post describes itself as the nation's oldest continuously published daily newspaper, but The Providence Journal,(which began daily publication on July 21, 1829) bills itself as the nation's oldest continuously published daily newspaper because the New York Post discontinued publication during strikes in 1958 and 1978.

Hamilton's co-investors included other New York members of the Federalist Party (such as Robert Troup and Oliver Wolcott), who were dismayed by the election of Thomas Jefferson as U.S. President and the rise in popularity of the Democratic-Republican Party.

The New York Post is the 13th-oldest and seventh-most-widely circulated newspaper in the United States. It is currently published in the tabloid format.

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Lisa Rodrigues

Edie Koller, Hamilton contributed greatly to the establishment of the United States and his influence is still felt across the world. As a writer of the bulk of the Federalist Papers, his words are still used by lawmakers to interpret the Constitution. In his role as Secretary of the Treasury, he set forth major economic policies and set a precedent by using the “implied powers” of the Constitution to create a national debt, public credit, and national bank. Furthermore, he protected trade by founding the Revenue Cutter Service (forerunner of the U.S. Coast Guard). These contributions and many other accomplishments have secured Hamilton’s status as a Founding Father.

Howard Groopman

I lived in NYC until I was 23, and we read the Post for many years. Their editorial page always highlighted the fact that it was founded by Hamilton in 1801.