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Horace Greeley, to whom the saying is attributed "Go West, young man" is a phrase, the origin of which is often credited to the American author and newspaper editor Horace Greeley, concerning America's expansion westward as related to the concept of Manifest destiny. No one has yet proven who first used this phrase in print.
Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune.Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York and was the unsuccessful candidate of the new Liberal Republican Party in the 1872 presidential election against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, who won by a ...
Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East, 2008 Greeley Estates album "Go West Young Man" (Groucho Marx song), 1940 film song, later a 1950 single by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters "Go West Young Man", North America and Japan single release title of "Deep in the Motherlode", a song by Genesis from the album ...And Then There Were Three....
In 1857 the Man Who Preached “Go West, Young Man” Was the First Famous Lecturer in Kewanee
"Go West, young man" was indeed by Horace Greeley. As The Yale Book of Quotations describes in a detailed note, many reference works, including Bartlett's and The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, wrongly attribute it to John Soule.
The 1872 Liberal Republican convention nominated a ticket consisting of Horace Greeley, longtime publisher of the New-York Tribune, and Missouri Governor Benjamin Gratz Brown. Seeking to defeat Grant, the Democratic Party nominated the Liberal Republican ticket and endorsed the Liberal Republican platform.
The song's title is attributed to the 19th-century quote "Go West, young man" commonly attributed to the American newspaper editor Horace Greeley, a rallying cry for the settlement and colonization of the American West, but also an invitation to pursue one's own dreams and individuality.
John Jay-East Fishkill 54, Horace Greeley 52. Red Hook 44, Arlington 37. Sacred Heart (New York City) 52, Rye Country Day 39. Wednesday's games. Byram Hills at Pleasantville, 4:30 p.m.