Edwin Lawrence Godkin
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Article abstract: As editor of The Nation and, later, of the Evening Post, Godkin was one of the most influential voices in post-Civil War American politics.
Early Life
Edwin Lawrence Godkin was born in Moyne, Ireland, on October 2, 1831, to Sarah Lawrence and James Godkin. The elder Godkin was a Protestant clergyman, journalist, and political activist of some note, a prominent figure in the Irish independence movement.
Godkin attended a series of Irish and English schools and in 1846 entered Queens College in Belfast, Ireland. There, he was...
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