Background
O’Sullivan, John Louis was born in November 1813 in Harbor of Gibraltar. Son of John O’Sullivan.
O’Sullivan, John Louis was born in November 1813 in Harbor of Gibraltar. Son of John O’Sullivan.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1831, Master of Arts, 1834.
Of Doctor Kearney Rodgers, 1846. A backer of Narciso Lopez in filibustering expeditions against Cuba, 1849-1851, twice indicted for violating neutrality laws. Founder (with South Dakot Langtree) United States Magazine and Democratic Review, mouthpiece for period’s nationalism (phrase “manifest destiny” was 1st used in article in this magazine, 1845), 1837-1846.
A founder New York Morning News, 1844, editor, 1844-1846.
Member of New York Legislature, 1841. Board regents U. State New York, 1846-1854.
Charge d’affaires in Portugal, 1854, United States minister resident, 1854-1858. Confederate sympathizer, lived abroad during Civil War.
Member of New York Legislature, 1841.
Married a daughter.