Ogden was born in
Sand Lake, New York, educated at
Williams College and
Union Theological Seminary and in 1881 was ordained a Presbyterian minister. For two years he was a missionary in
Mexico City, then became pastor of the Case Avenue Church of
Cleveland, Ohio. In 1887 he began his journalistic work in
New York City, becoming editor of the
New York Evening Post in 1903. In 1920 he left the
Post to assume the associate editorship of the
New York Times. He became editor in 1922. He and Susan M. Mitchell were married in 1881. ==References==