George Walbridge Perkins

George Walbridge Perkins I was an American politician and businessman. He was a leader of the Progressive Movement, especially the Theodore Roosevelts Progressive party of 1912. Starting as an office boy he became a leading executive in insurance, steel and banking, always on the alert for new and better ways to do business. He was a top aide to financier J. P. Morgan, and handled complex issues involving U.S. Steel, International Harvester, and other large corporations and insurance companies. He was vicepresident of New York Life Insurance Company and a partner in J.P. Morgan amp Co. He served as president of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission from its creation in 1900 until his death in 1920.

He was born on January 31, 1862 in Chicago, Illinois.

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