Greene was born at
Boscawen, New Hampshire. He was the brother of
Nathaniel Greene, in whose care he was placed on the death of his father in 1812, and who sent him to the
Bradford Academy. Subsequently, he entered his brother's office in
Haverhill, Massachusetts, and, following his brother to Boston, he assisted in editing the
Boston Statesman. He then had brief engagements managing and editing the
Taunton Free Press (1825) and then publishing the
Boston Spectator (1826). He married Charlotte Hill in Boston on October 24, 1827. Greene settled in
Philadelphia in 1827, and with
James A. Jones started the
National Palladium, in which the presidential candidacy of
Andrew Jackson was vigorously advocated. In 1828 Greene was on the
staff of the
United States Telegraph in Washington, D.C., until after Jackson's election, when he returned to the Boston
Statesman, where he succeeded his brother as proprietor. He founded
The Boston Post in 1831 and conducted it until 1875. Greene served in the
Massachusetts Legislature, and was naval officer of Boston from 1853 to 1861. He died in Boston on September 27, 1886. ==See also==