Editing Robert W. Loughery

{{short description|American journalist (1820–1894)}}
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| death_place   = [[Marshall, Texas]], U.S.
| resting_place = Marshall Cemetery
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'''Robert W. Loughery''' (February 2, 1820 – April 26, 1894) was a 19th-century [[United States]] [[newspaper]] [[publisher]] and [[editing|editor]] who worked for or owned newspapers in [[Louisiana]] and [[Texas]].

==Early life==
Robert W. Loughery was born on February 2, 1820, in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. At the age of 10, he became an orphan. He then found work in a printing office.<ref name="obit">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-messenger-col-loughery-dead-26/171806116/ |title=Col. Loughery Dead |date=1894-04-26 |newspaper=Evening Messenger |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2025-05-06}}{{Open access}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1840, Loughery started working for a newspaper in [[Monroe, Louisiana]]. In 1849, he established the ''Texas Republican'', a paper in [[Marshall, Texas]].<ref name="obit"/> He also published papers in [[Galveston, Texas]], [[Jefferson, Texas]], and [[Shreveport, Louisiana]]. Two of his [[Newspapers of Marshall, Texas|Marshall newspapers]] the ''Texas Republican'' and the ''Tri-Weekly Herald'' were credited with aiding the election of Marshall citizens, [[James Pinckney Henderson|J.P. Henderson]], [[Edward Clark (governor)|Edward Clark]], and [[Pendleton Murrah]] to the Governor's office and [[Louis T. Wigfall]] to the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]. Loughery often defended [[slavery]] and [[plantations in the American South|plantation]] agriculture in his papers; and supported secession and later the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]. He supported reconciliation with the Union and acceptance of defeat of the Confederacy in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] until congress approved [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]].{{citation needed |date=May 2025}}

Following the war, he defended the military depositories in Marshall and [[Jefferson, Texas|Jefferson]].<ref name="obit"/> Under President [[Grover Cleveland]], in his first term, Loughery was appointed as consul to [[Acapulco]], Mexico. He served in that role about three years.<ref name="obit"/>

==Personal life==
Loughery married. He had two sons and two daughters.<ref name="obit"/> He died on April 26, 1894, at his home in Marshall. He was buried in Marshall Cemetery.<ref name="obit"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Robert W. Loughery |birth=1820 |death=1894}}

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[[Category:Mass media people from Nashville, Tennessee]]
[[Category:People from Marshall, Texas]]
[[Category:People of Texas in the American Civil War]]
[[Category:People of Louisiana in the American Civil War]]
[[Category:19th-century American journalists]]
[[Category:American male journalists]]
[[Category:19th-century American male writers]]
[[Category:Journalists from Tennessee]]
[[Category:Journalists from Texas]]


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