Anson Herrick

Newspaperman Later on, Herrick learned the art of printing. Herrick established The Citizen at Wiscasset, Maine, in 1833, and moved to New York City in 1836. Herrick established the New York Atlas in 1838, which he continued until his death in 1868. In 1841, he founded a two-penny daily newspaper with John F. Ropes titled The New York Aurora, which was later edited for a time by Walt Whitman.

Political career Herrick served as a member of the New York city board of aldermen from Ward 19 during 1853–1857. Herrick was one of the few Democrats to vote for the submission of the 13th Amendment to the states.

Herrick was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress.

Later career and death He subsequently resumed his journalistic pursuits. He served as a delegate to the Union National Convention at Philadelphia in 1866. Herrick died in New York City February 6, 1868, and was interred in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.