The New York Post is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the United States. Alexander Hamilton founded the paper in 1801, calling it The Evening Post, as a venue for shipping notices and conservative political rants. William Cullen Bryant took over as editor in 1829 and helped to give the paper a wider appeal while maintaining a serious and thoughtful tone. (This lasted until the 1960s, when the paper began to use a sensationalist tone to boost flagging sales.) The paper was known for taking firm and courageous editorial stances; in the 1880s and 1890s it vigorously attacked the corrupt city government of Tammany Hall, and in the 20th century it crusaded against the rabid red–bashing of Senator McCarthy.