JOHN WEISS FORNEY
\d͡ʒˈɒn wˈa͡ɪs fˈɔːnɪ], \dʒˈɒn wˈaɪs fˈɔːnɪ], \dʒ_ˈɒ_n w_ˈaɪ_s f_ˈɔː_n_ɪ]\
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An American politician, journalist, and author; born in Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 30, 1817; died in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 9, 1881. He was apprenticed in the office of the Lancaster Journal in 1833; was clerk of the House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855; and secretary of the United States Senate from 1861 to 1868. He was connected with several papers in Philadelphia and Washington. Among his works are: "What I Saw in Texas" (1872); "Anecdotes of Public Men" (1873); "Forty Years of American Journalism" (1877).
By Charles Dudley Warner
