Gilbert Monell Hitchcock (September 18, 1859 – February 3, 1934) was an American U.S. representative and senator from Nebraska, and the founder of the Omaha World-Herald newspaper.[1]
Life and career
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Hitchcock was the son of U.S. Senator Phineas Warren Hitchcock of Nebraska. He attended the public schools of Omaha and the gymnasium at Baden-Baden, Germany. He graduated in 1881 from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity;[2] he was then admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Omaha in 1882. He continued the practice of law until 1885, when he established and edited the Omaha Evening World; four years later, he purchased the Nebraska Morning Herald and consolidated the two into the morning and evening editions of the Omaha World-Herald.[3]
On August 30, 1883, he married Jessie Crounse,[4]