2 Quotes & Sayings By Seattle Postintelligencer
Founded in 1891, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is one of the largest daily newspapers in the country. It has won eight Pulitzer Prizes, including two in editorial cartooning in 2002 and 2008. Its editors have been five Pulitzer Prize winners. The paper was founded by William Denny in 1877 as The Daily Times, a four-page weekly with a circulation of under 100
Over the years, the paper became the leading Democrat organ in the Pacific Northwest, endorsing Franklin D. Roosevelt for president twelve times and John F. Kennedy twice.
It also endorsed Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and George W. Bush for president.
Ironically, its chief rival was The Seattle Daily Times, which endorsed Richard Nixon for president in 1960 and 1972, Ted Kennedy for senator in 1964 and 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1992.