(born December 19, 1849, West Overton, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died December 2, 1919, New York City) was a U.S. industrialist, art collector, and philanthropist who helped build the world’s largest coke and steel operations.

(born May 8, 1855, Turner Junction, Ill., U.S.—died Aug. 9, 1911, Paris, France) was an American financier and steel magnate who leveraged an $8,000 investment in a barbed-wire plant into the $90,000,000 American Steel & Wire Co.

(born September 2, 1839, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—died October 29, 1897, New York City, New York) was a land reformer and economist who in Progress and Poverty (1879) proposed the single tax: that the state tax away all economic rent—the income from the

(born January 18, 1813, Charlestown, New Hampshire, U.S.—died October 9, 1906, DeKalb, Illinois) was an American inventor of the first commercially successful barbed wire, which was instrumental in transforming the Great Plains of western North America.

(born October 2, 1831, Moyne, County Wicklow, Ireland—died May 21, 1902, Greenway, Devonshire, England) was an Anglo-American editor and founder of The Nation, a news and opinion magazine.

(born January 27, 1850, London, England—died December 13, 1924, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.) was an American labour leader and the first president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL).

(born May 27, 1836, Roxbury, New York, U.S.—died December 2, 1892, New York, New York) was an American railroad executive, financier, and speculator. He was an important railroad developer who was one of the most unscrupulous “robber barons” of 19th-centu

born April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S.—died July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, New York) was a U.S. general, commander of the Union armies during the late years (1864–65) of the American Civil War, and the 18th president of the US (1869–77).

(born Nov. 21, 1834, New Bedford, Mass., U.S.—died July 3, 1916, New York, N.Y.) was a financier who was reputedly the wealthiest woman of her time in the United States.

(born Sept. 24, 1837, New Lisbon, Ohio—died Feb. 15, 1904, Washington, D.C.) was an American industrialist and prototype of the political kingmaker; he successfully promoted the presidential candidacy of William McKinley in the election of 1896 and person

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Henry Clay Frick

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Henry Clay Frick	(born December 19, 1849, West Overton, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died December 2, 1919, New York City) was a U.S. industrialist, art collector, and philanthropist who helped build the world’s largest coke and steel operations.
John W. Gates	(born May 8, 1855, Turner Junction, Ill., U.S.—died Aug. 9, 1911, Paris, France) was an American financier and steel magnate who leveraged an $8,000 investment in a barbed-wire plant into the $90,000,000 American Steel & Wire Co.
Henry George	(born September 2, 1839, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—died October 29, 1897, New York City, New York) was a land reformer and economist who in Progress and Poverty (1879) proposed the single tax: that the state tax away all economic rent—the income from the
Joseph Glidden	(born January 18, 1813, Charlestown, New Hampshire, U.S.—died October 9, 1906, DeKalb, Illinois) was an American inventor of the first commercially successful barbed wire, which was instrumental in transforming the Great Plains of western North America.
E. L. Godkin	(born October 2, 1831, Moyne, County Wicklow, Ireland—died May 21, 1902, Greenway, Devonshire, England) was an Anglo-American editor and founder of The Nation, a news and opinion magazine.
Samuel Gompers	(born January 27, 1850, London, England—died December 13, 1924, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.) was an American labour leader and the first president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
Jay Gould	(born May 27, 1836, Roxbury, New York, U.S.—died December 2, 1892, New York, New York) was an American railroad executive, financier, and speculator. He was an important railroad developer who was one of the most unscrupulous “robber barons” of 19th-centu
Ulysses Grant	born April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S.—died July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, New York) was a U.S. general, commander of the Union armies during the late years (1864–65) of the American Civil War, and the 18th president of the US (1869–77).
Hetty Green	(born Nov. 21, 1834, New Bedford, Mass., U.S.—died July 3, 1916, New York, N.Y.) was a financier who was reputedly the wealthiest woman of her time in the United States.
Mark Hanna	(born Sept. 24, 1837, New Lisbon, Ohio—died Feb. 15, 1904, Washington, D.C.) was an American industrialist and prototype of the political kingmaker; he successfully promoted the presidential candidacy of William McKinley in the election of 1896 and person

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