From 1862 to 1873 Jay Cooke (1821-1905) was the outstanding merchant banker in the United States. During the Civil War he made possible the sale at par of hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of Union government bonds to the American public. Born at...

Born August 10, 1821Portland, Ohio Died February 16, 1905Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Banker, investor, war bonds pioneer Jay Cooke. Photo by . "Newspapers...

Jay Cooke (August 10, 1821-February 8, 1905), American financier, was born at Sandusky, Ohio, the son of Eleutheros Cooke (1787-1864), a pioneer Ohio lawyer, and Whig member of Congress from that state in 1831-1833. Seemingly destined for a commercial...

Jay Cooke's Gamble THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, THE SIOUX, AND THE PANIC OF 1873 M. John Lubetkin University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2006. Illustrations, maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. 380 pp. $29.95 cloth. At a time when stories of corporate corruption dominate headlines,...

Not some of the time. Not most of the time. "It happens every time I give a party," Jay Feldman said. So he knew whereof he entered -- and that entry has won him first prize in our monthly neologism contest. The February...