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Jules Witcover (1927-2025) Reporter, political columnist, author, journalist. Jules Witcover was born in Union City, New Jersey, and died in Washington, District of Columbia. He received a bachelor’s degree at Columbia College and a master’s from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Full Name

Jules Joseph Witcover

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1927

Birth

Jules Joseph Witcover was born in Union City, New Jersey, on July 16, 1927.

1949

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Witcover received a bachelor’s degree at Columbia College in 1949.

1951

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Witcover received a master’s from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1951.

1969

Literary Work

85 Days: The Last Campaign of Robert Kennedy
Putnam Publishing Group
0399102361 / 978-0399102363
Nonfiction.

1977

Literary Work

Marathon: The Pursuit of the Presidency 1972-1976
Viking Press
0670454613 / 978-0670454617
Nonfiction.

1979

Literary Work

The Main Chance
Viking Adult
0670451126 / 978-0670451128
Novel.

1981

Literary Work

Blue Smoke & Mirrors: How Reagan Won and Why Carter Lost the Election of 1980
Viking Adult
0670513833 / 978-0670513833
Nonfiction written with Jack W. Germond.

1985

Literary Work

Wake Us When It’s Over: Presidential Politics of 1984
Macmillan Publishing Company
9780026307109 / 978-0026307109
Nonfiction written with Jack W. Germond.

1989

Literary Work

Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars? The Trivial Pursuit of the Presidency 1988
Grand Central Publishing
0446514241 / 978-0446514248
Nonfiction written with Jack W. Germond.

1989

Literary Work

Sabotage at Black Tom: Imperial Germany’s Secret War in America, 1914-1917
Algonquin Books
0912697989 / 978-0912697987
Nonfiction.

1993

Literary Work

Mad as Hell: Revolt at the Ballot Box 1992
Grand Central Publishing
0446516503 / 978-0446516501
Nonfiction written with Jack W. Germond.

1999

Literary Work

No Way to Pick a President: How Money and Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374223033 / 978-0374223038
Nonfiction.

2003

Literary Work

Party of the People: A History of the Democrats
Random House
0375507426 / 978-0375507427
Nonfiction.

2005

Literary Work

The Making of an Ink-Stained Wretch: Half a Century Pounding the Political Beat
Johns Hopkins University Press
0801882478 / 978-0801882470
Memoir.

2025

Death

Jules Witcover died at his home in Washington, District of Columbia, on August 16, 2025.

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