Charles Gordon Greene (July 1, 1804 – September 27, 1886) was an American journalist.

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Greene was born at

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. He was the brother of Nathaniel Greene, in whose care he was placed on the death of his father in 1812, and who sent him to the Bradford Academy. Subsequently, he entered his brother's office in

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, and, following his brother to Boston, he assisted in editing the '' Boston Statesman''. He then had brief engagements managing and editing the ''

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'' (1825) and then publishing the '' Boston Spectator'' (1826). He married Charlotte Hill in Boston on October 24, 1827. Greene settled in

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in 1827, and with James A. Jones started the '' National Palladium'', in which the presidential candidacy of

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was vigorously advocated. In 1828 Greene was on the

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of the '' United States Telegraph'' in Washington, D.C., until after Jackson's election, when he returned to the Boston ''Statesman'', where he succeeded his brother as proprietor. He founded ''

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'' in 1831 and conducted it until 1875. Greene served in the

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, and was naval officer of Boston from 1853 to 1861. He died in Boston on September 27, 1886.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greene, Charles Gordon 1804 births 1886 deaths 19th-century American newspaper editors Politicians from Boston People from Boscawen, New Hampshire Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives American male journalists 19th-century American male writers The Boston Post people 19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court

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