William Loeb

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William Loeb (b. 1905 - September 14, 1981) was publisher of the Union Leader newspaper in Manchester, New Hampshire for more than three decades up until his death. His pugnacious presentation of conservative political views helped make the Union Leader one of the best-known small papers in the country, thanks also to its importance as the only statewide newspaper during the New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary.

Loeb is best remembered nationally for his alleged role in attacking Edmund Muskie through the newspaper via what is known locally as the Canuck Letter, derailing the Maine senator's 1972 presidential bid. In New Hampshire his major legacy is an anti-tax pledge that is still taken by most political candidates.

After Loeb's death, his wife, the former Elizabeth Scripps Gallowhur (known as "Nackey") took over as publisher, continuing his political stance.

Loeb's father, William, had been the private secretary of President Theodore Roosevelt, since Roosevelt's days in New York, before becoming president.