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Oct 08, 1846 Wheaton, Illinois, United States Died on 15 Aug 1927 (aged 80)
American lawyer, industrialist
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About Elbert Henry Gary
- Elbert Henry Gary (October 8, 1846 – August 15, 1927) was an American lawyer, county judge and corporate officer.
- He was a key founder of U.S.
- Steel in 1901, bringing together partners J.
- P.
- Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M.
- Schwab.
- The city of Gary, Indiana, a steel town, was named for him when it was founded in 1906.
- Gary, West Virginia was also named after him.
- When trust busting President Theodore Roosevelt said that Gary was head of the steel trust, Gary considered it a compliment.
- The two men communicated in a nonconfrontational way unlike Roosevelt's communications with leaders of other trusts.
