| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder | Joseph Shaw |
| Publisher | W. Scott Roberts |
| Founded | 1863 |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | April 13, 1865 |
| Relaunched | November 30, 1865. The Democratic Advocate |
| Headquarters | Westminster, Maryland |
| OCLC number | 19017395 |
The Western Maryland Democrat was a weekly newspaper published from March 1863 to April 13, 1865 in Westminster, Maryland. [1] The paper's equipment and premises were destroyed by an angry mob in April 1865 in the wake of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and a few weeks later the paper's founder, Joseph Shaw, was attacked and murdered. Jesse Glass has written extensively on Joseph Shaw and his murder. The Democrat's successor, The Democratic Advocate , literally rose from its ashes when William H. Davis established the paper in November 1865. [2]