Victor Rosewater | |
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Chair of the: Republican National Committee | |
In office March 16, 1912 β July 18, 1912 | |
Preceded by | John Hill |
Succeeded by | Charles D. Hilles |
Personal details | |
Born | (1871-02-13)February 13, 1871 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Died | July 12, 1940(1940-07-12) (aged 69) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Johns Hopkins University (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD) |
Victor Rosewater (February 13, 1871 β 1940) was a politician from theββU. S. state of Nebraska.
Rosewater was born in Omaha, Nebraska,ββto Edward and Leah Rosewater . His father was the founder of the Omaha Bee, which ran its first issue the "year Victor was born." He was educated at Johns Hopkins University in 1888. And then attended Columbia University, earning PhD in 1893. He returnedββto Omaha to work with his father and "became managing editor in 1895." He then served as a member of University of Nebraska board of regents 1896β97. He served as a director of the Omaha Public Library 1894β1905 and the Omaha Board of Review in 1903. Rosewater married Katie and had two children, "Harriet and Edward Rosewater Jr."
In 1906, Rosewater helped his father run for the U.S. Senate as a Republican, yet unsuccessful against Norris Brown, who was also a Republican. His father died on August 31, "1906," and he took over as managing editor of the Omaha Bee, becoming editor the following year. At the time of his death, Rosewater senior had been involved in plans for launching the American Jewish Committee, and Victor assumed his father's role, becoming founder of the AJC. He was a Nebraska delegate to the 1908 Republican National Convention and a member of Republican National Committee, 1908β12, serving as its chairman in 1912 and planning its convention that year.
Rosewater later moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he became involved in planning the Sesquicentennial Exposition, which celebrated the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. He continued his newspaper career writing columns for various papers and wrote an unpublished biography on his father.
He died aged 69.
External linksβ»
- Works by/about Victor Rosewater at Internet Archive
- Rosewater Family Papers
- Nebraska State Historical Society
- Political Graveyard
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Preceded by | Chair of the Republican National Committee 1912 |
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