to lose money (reportedly about $2000 a week), and in March 1895 Cauldwell sold the paper to William Noble in a somewhat unusual exchange, where he received a hotel called the Hotel Empire in exchange for the paper.<ref name="1895noble">(20 March 1895) In the Real Estate Field ... Exchange of the Hotel Empire, The New York Times, Retrieved November 4, 2010</ref> In 1901, Cauldwell returned to journalism as the editor of The Successful American. Political career Cauldwell was a member of the New York State Senate (9th D.) from 1868 to 1871, sitting in the 91st, 92nd, 93rd and 94th New York State Legislatures. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Westchester Co., 1st D.) in 1874. He was Supervisor of The Bronx before it was annexed by New York City, and also served on the local board of education. Death Caudwell died on December 2, 1907 at his home on Madison Avenue. The New York Tribune called him "the father of Sunday journalism." He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery. Personal Cauldwell married Elizabeth Dyer on October 7, 1845, and had six children. His son Leslie Giffin Cauldwell became a well-known artist and decorator.National cyclopaedia of American biography, Volume 3, p. 432-33 (1893) His grandson Jason Rogers (son of his daughter Emily) started his publishing career at the Mercury under Cauldwell and had a successful career in the newspaper industry including with The New York Globe''. Legacy Cauldwell Avenue (named in 1916) and Cauldwell Playground (opened 1936, renamed the "Hilton White Playground" in 2009) in the Bronx were named in honor of Cauldwell. Cauldwell built a summer house on Long Island, New York in 1892, known as the William Cauldwell House, that was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. References See also Sunday Mercury (New York) William Cauldwell House 1824 births 1907 deaths 19th-century American newspaper editors Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) state senators 19th-century American politicians