- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Jeffersonian Publishing Company
- Creator:
- Brown, Tad
- Date of Original:
- 2005-06-03
- Subject:
- Publishers and publishing--Georgia
Populism--Georgia
Watson, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward), 1856-1922 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Jeffersonian Publishing Company. Incorporated in 1910 by the Georgia lawyer, author, and statesman Thomas E. Watson, the Jeffersonian Publishing Company was the official mouthpiece of Georgia's firebrand Populist. The company printed most of Watson's literary works--pamphlets, monographs, biographies, and histories--but it was known primarily for Watson's newspaper, The Weekly Jeffersonian, and his monthly literary magazine, Watson's Jeffersonian Magazine. Initially given to trenchant muckraking editorials written in the Populist Party spirit, both magazine and newspaper eventually included Watson's fierce attacks against the Catholic Church hierarchy and the domestic and foreign policies of U.S. president Woodrow Wilson. Watson's publications survived an organized Catholic boycott and a federal prosecution for mailing obscene literature, and would not be silenced until finally suppressed by the Wilson administration under the Espionage Act of 1917. Despite controversy and opposition, Watson's weekly and monthly publications commanded a loyal political force, and no Georgia governor between 1906 and 1922 was elected without Watson's support.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/jeffersonian-publishing-company/
- Language:
- eng
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- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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