J. P. Morgan Jr.

About J. P. Morgan Jr.

Who is it?: Banker
Birth Day: September 07, 1867
Birth Place: New York City, United States
Died On: March 13, 1943(1943-03-13) (aged 75)\nBoca Grande, Florida, U.S.
Birth Sign: Libra
Cause of death: Stroke
Education: St. Paul's School
Alma mater: Harvard College
Occupation: Banker, philanthropist
Spouse(s): Jane Norton Grew (m. 1890–1925)
Children: Junius Spencer Morgan III Henry Sturgis Morgan Jane Norton Morgan Nichols Frances Tracy Pennoyer
Parent(s): J. P. Morgan Frances Louisa Tracy

J. P. Morgan Jr. Net Worth

J. P. Morgan Jr. was born on September 07, 1867 in New York City, United States, is Banker. J. P. Morgan, Jr. was an American banker and a philanthropist; he was the son of the famous banker J. P. Morgan. After the death of his father, he took over the family business interests which included the J. P. Morgan & Co. and inherited a lot of fortune. He contributed largely to the family wealth when he got awarded with an elite contract for the British government as munitions purchasing agent during the World War I. After the war, he went to Europe several times just to report on the financial conditions over there. His profiteering from the war wasn’t liked by many and he was shot twice by an intruder when he was living in his Long Island Mansion. However, he recovered soon and continued with his philanthropic activities. At the time of depression, Morgan Jr. fought largely against Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. He also became successful in securing around $100M in loans to the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini prior to World War II. J. P. Morgan was a philanthropist by heart and supported a number of organisations which included the Red Cross, New York Lying-In Hospital and the Episcopal Church.
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Biography/Timeline

1866

His siblings included Louisa Pierpont Morgan (1866–1946), who married Herbert L. Satterlee (1863–1947), Juliet Pierpont Morgan (1870–1952) who married william Pierson Hamilton (1869–1950), and Anne Tracy Morgan (1873–1952), a philanthropist. His paternal grandparents were Junius Spencer Morgan (1813–1890) and Juliet Pierpont (1816–1884), the daughter of John Pierpont.

1867

Morgan was born on September 7, 1867 in Irvington, New York to J. P. Morgan and Frances Louisa Tracy. He graduated from St. Paul's School and later, Harvard College, in 1886, where he was a member of the Delphic Club, formerly known as the Delta Phi.

1890

In 1890, Morgan married Jane Norton Grew (d. 1925), daughter of Boston banker and mill owner Henry Sturgis Grew. She was the aunt of Henry Grew Crosby. The couple raised four children:

1905

The younger Morgan resembled his Father in his dislike for publicity and continued his father's philanthropic policy. In 1905, his Father acquired the Guaranty Trust bank as part of his efforts to consolidate banking in New York City. After his Father died in 1913, the bank became Jack's base.

1914

At the beginning of World War I, US Treasury Secretary william McAdoo and others in the Wilson administration were very suspicious of J. P. Morgan & Co.'s enthusiastic role as British agent for purchasing and banking. When the United States entered the war, this gave way to close collaboration, in the course of which Morgan received financial concessions. From 1914 to 1919, he was a member of the advisory council for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

1915

On 3 July 1915, an intruder, Eric Muenter, entered Morgan's Long Island mansion and shot him twice. This was ostensibly to bring about an embargo on arms, and in protest of his profiteering from war. Morgan, however, quickly recovered from his wounds.

1919

After World War I and the Versailles Treaty, Morgan Guaranty managed Germany's reparation payments. After the war, Morgan made several trips to Europe to investigate and report on financial conditions there. In 1919 he was for a time chairman of the international committee, composed of American, British and French Bankers, for the protection of the holders of Mexican securities. In November 1919, he was made a Director of the Foreign Finance Corporation, which was organized to engage in the investment of funds chiefly in foreign enterprises. By the 1920s, Morgan Guaranty had become one of the world's most important banking institutions, as a leading lender to Germany and Europe. He attempted to defeat Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan for the New Deal during the Great Depression, and secured about US$100 million in loans to Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini prior to World War II. Morgan triggered discussion about banking and tax law in at least two areas. First, the fact that he paid no taxes in 1931 and 1932 raised questions about tax law. Second, his activities as a banker raised questions about the responsibility to act for, rather than against, the best interest of depositors.

1920

In 1920, Morgan gave his London residence, 14 Princes Gate (near Imperial College London), to the U.S. government for use as its embassy.

1924

In 1924, Morgan created the Pierpont Morgan Library as a public institution as a memorial to his Father. Belle da Costa Greene, Morgan's personal librarian, became the first Director and continued the aggressive acquisition and expansion of the collections of illuminated manuscripts, authors' original manuscripts, incunabula, prints, and drawings, early printed Bibles, and many examples of fine bookbinding. Today the library is a complex of buildings which serve as a museum and scholarly research center.

1930

A yachtsman, like his Father, Morgan served as commodore of the New York Yacht Club from 1919 to 1921. In 1930, he built the turbo electric driven yacht Corsair IV at Bath Iron Works in Maine. Corsair IV, launched April 10, 1930, was one of the most opulent yachts of its day and the largest built in the United States with an overall length of 343 feet (104.5 m), 42 feet (12.8 m) beam and 2,142 GRT. Legend at the shipyard credits the phrase "If you have to ask, you can't afford it" to Morgan, when asked what the yacht cost. However, this quote is most often attributed to his Father in connection with the yacht Corsair, launched in 1891. Morgan sold the Corsair IV to the British Admiralty in 1940 for one dollar to assist with Britain's war effort. After the war the Corsair IV was sold to Pacific Cruise Lines and, on September 29, 1947, began Service as a luxury cruise ship operating between Long Beach, California and Acapulco, Mexico. On November 12, 1949 the yacht struck a rock near the beach in Acapulco and, although all passengers and crew were rescued, was deemed a total loss.