Henry Watterson, the son of a Tennessee congressman, had written for "Harper's Magazine" and the "New York Times" before enlisting in the Confederate Army. He became nationally known for his work as "The Courier-Journal" emerged as the region's leading paper. He supported the Democratic Party and pushed for the industrialization of Kentucky and the South in general, notably through urging the Southern Exposition be held in Louisville. He attracted controversy for attempting to prove that Christopher Marlowe had actually written the works of Shakespeare. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1917 for editorials demanding the United States enter World War I.