Horace Rublee (August 19, 1829 – October 19, 1896) was a Wisconsin journalist and newspaper editor, Republican party leader, and ambassador to Switzerland.

Influential were, for example, Horace Greeley and the New York Tribune, which was subscribed to by many in the area, and Combe on the Constitution of Man.

There was a debating society well attended by these pioneers in nearby Sheboygan Falls, and among the philosophical trends was Fourierism.

The teacher frequented the debating societies in Sheboygan Falls, and "he loaned me Scott's 'Lady of the Lake,' 'Nicholas Nickleby,' 'Oliver Twist' and several of Bulwer's novels, which helped to pass the school hours, and wonderfully shortened the long winter evenings.

In 1853 he started work at the Wisconsin State Journal, and in 1854 purchased a part interest in the paper.

[5] Later that same year, Rublee was appointed Ambassador to Switzerland by President Ulysses S. Grant, serving until 1877.

When he returned to Wisconsin after his ambassadorship, he again assumed the chair position of the Republican party, serving from 1877 to 1879.