Bennett, James Gordon, 1795-1872

found: Wikipedia, 12 Sept. 2020(James Gordon Bennett, Sr., born September 1, 1795 in Newmill, Banffshire, Scotland, died June 1, 1872 in New York, N.Y, aged 76; the founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald and a major figure in the history of American newspapers)

found: New York times, Sept. 9, 2020:page A19, in article entitled, "Citing benefactor's racist views, New York Fire Dept. renames top medal for valor" (James Gordon Bennett endowed the award 1869 after firefighters saved his upstate home from a blaze, was the publisher of the New York Herald newspaper, where he published racist and segregationist views during the Civil War; Even by standards of the 19th century, Mr. Bennett's views were vitriolic. He leveraged The Herald, a Northern newspaper, to undermine Union troops and President Abraham Lincoln. The Herald frequently used racial slurs and advocated the secession of the South)

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