WENTWORTH, JOHN
\wˈɛntwɜːθ], \wˈɛntwɜːθ], \w_ˈɛ_n_t_w_ɜː_θ]\
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(1815-1888), was, from 1837 to 1861, editor and proprietor of the Chicago Democrat, which was the chief daily paper of the Northwest. He represented Illinois in the U. S. Congress as a Democrat from 1843 to 1851, and from 1853 to 1855. He was one of the founders of the Republican party and served as a Republican in the U. S. Congress from 1865 to 1867.
By John Franklin Jameson
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