William Harrison Hornibrook (July 6, 1884 – October 24, 1946) was an American publisher, politician, and diplomat.
Hornibrook, born on July 6, 1884, in Utah, started his career as a newspaper publisher in 1906;[1] at one point or another, he owned both the predecessors to The Columbian and the Albany Democrat-Herald, along with various other papers.
[2] In November 1906,[1] he married Yolande Wilson, with whom he had two children, a son and a daughter.
[3] A Democrat, Hornibrook was elected to the Idaho State Senate, from Twin Falls County,[4] serving from 1911 to 1912,[5] before his resignation.
[7] After the recognition of the Afghan government led by King Zahir Shah in August 1934, Hornibrook was appointed the first minister to Afghanistan.