House of Morgan

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The House of Morgan was the powerful banking dynasty and financial empire built by J. P. Morgan that dominated American and international finance in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf banking dynasty ⓘ
financial empire ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
activeInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith Gilded Age ⓘ
J. P. Morgan ⓘ
J. P. Morgan & Co. ⓘ
linked to: JPMorgan Chase

Morgan family ⓘ
Panic of 1907 ⓘ
Progressive Era ⓘ
author Ron Chernow ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dominatedSector corporate finance in the United States ⓘ
industrial consolidation in the United States ⓘ
railroad finance in the United States ⓘ
field banking ⓘ
commercial banking ⓘ
finance ⓘ
investment banking ⓘ
foundedBy J. P. Morgan ⓘ
hasMemberFirm Drexel, Morgan & Co. ⓘ
J. P. Morgan & Co. ⓘ
linked to: JPMorgan Chase

Morgan Guaranty Trust Company ⓘ
Morgan Stanley (as a successor firm from partners of the House of Morgan) ⓘ
linked to: Morgan Stanley

Morgan, Grenfell & Co. ⓘ
headquarteredIn Wall Street ⓘ
influenced American finance ⓘ
U.S. monetary policy debates ⓘ
development of modern investment banking ⓘ
international finance ⓘ
namedAfter J. P. Morgan ⓘ
notableFigure J. P. Morgan Jr. ⓘ
linked to: J. P. Morgan
playedRoleIn creation of General Electric ⓘ
creation of U.S. Steel ⓘ
financing U.S. railroads ⓘ
reorganization of major railroads ⓘ
rescue of the U.S. Treasury gold reserves in 1895 ⓘ
response to the Panic of 1907 ⓘ
stabilization of U.S. financial markets ⓘ
portrayedAs symbol of Wall Street power ⓘ
regulatoryImpact contributed to calls for banking regulation in the United States ⓘ
contributed to creation of the Federal Reserve System (indirectly through crises it helped manage) ⓘ
subjectOf The House of Morgan (book) ⓘ
successor JPMorgan Chase & Co. ⓘ
linked to: JPMorgan Chase
wealthSource government bond issues ⓘ
industrial mergers and acquisitions ⓘ
railroad securities underwriting ⓘ

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J. P. Morgan → associatedWith → House of Morgan ⓘ
Ron Chernow → notableWork → The House of Morgan ⓘ
linked to: House of Morgan
Morgan family → associatedWith → House of Morgan ⓘ
subject linked to: Morgan
Morgan family → notableFor → House of Morgan banking dynasty ⓘ
subject linked to: Morgan
linked to: House of Morgan
J. P. Morgan → headOf → House of Morgan ⓘ
subject linked to: Morgan
Louis Fraina → notableWork → The House of Morgan ⓘ
linked to: House of Morgan
Pierpont family → associatedWith → House of Morgan ⓘ
Morgan family → associatedWithOrganization → House of Morgan ⓘ
Drexel, Morgan & Co. → associatedWith → House of Morgan ⓘ