The Washington Post was founded in 1877 by Stilson Hutchins. Stilson was a New Englander who later served as a state representative in Missouri.  At this time, Hutchins was promoting the agenda of the Democratic Party.  The Post is considered the most influential and greatest newspapers in the United States. In 1933, a financier by the name of Eugene Meyer bought the Washington Post out of receivership. 

During the Meyer-Graham years the Washington Post post broke numerous stories and had a reputation that reached well beyond the confines of Washington. In 1971 it had a part of publishing excerpts of the top secret U.S Department of Defense report which became in book form the Pentagon Papers. The Pentagon  Papers disclosed the United States role in Indochina and the Vietnam War. In 1973 the Post won a Pulitzer Prize in its coverage of the Watergate Scandal involving President Richard Nixon.The Post continues to be one of the most prestigious newspapers in the United States.  Over its history, the Washington Post paper has won numerous awards, as well as, more than 60 Pulitzer Prizes.