Organization
United States Steel Corporation
Steel company organized in 1901 around J. P. Morgan's purchase of the Carnegie Steel Company.
- Also known as
- U.S. Steel, United States Steel
- Wikidata
- Q72539
- The Money Trust23 scenes
- Who is behind United States Steel Corporation?3 links
- How are United States Steel Corporation and … connected?
Connections 7
people who worked here
- Elbert H. Gary spoke for the corporation to the President Self-published 1
board members
- J. P. Morgan Jr. 1915 Primary record 2
acquired
- Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company Nov 1907 Self-published 1
involved in
- U.S. Steel's purchase of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company buyer Self-published 1
- U.S. Steel's purchase of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company the Government's suit against the Steel Corporation, which named this purchase, was dismissed and the dismissal affirmed in 1920 Primary record 3
- Sale of the Carnegie Steel Company and formation of U.S. Steel corporation formed; its organization and underwriting directed by Morgan & Co. Primary record 4
formerly
- Carnegie Steel Company 1901 bought by Morgan; succeeded by the United States Steel Corporation According to Andrew Carnegie Self-published 5
Timeline 3 dates
- 1901 Carnegie Steel Company became United States Steel Corporation According to Andrew Carnegie
- Nov 1907 United States Steel Corporation acquired Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
- 1915 J. P. Morgan Jr. board member of United States Steel Corporation
Proof 5 sources
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Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography, Theodore Roosevelt, Macmillan (text via Project Gutenberg #3335), 1913.
Self-published
Judge E. H. Gary and Mr. H. C. Frick, on behalf of the Steel Corporation, have just called upon me.
One of the grounds for the suit is the acquisition by the Steel Corporation of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
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Industrial Relations: Final Report and Testimony, Vol. IX (Colorado strike, foundations and industrial control; testimony of J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, Sr.), U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations (scan via Internet Archive), 1916.
Primary record
John Pierpont Morgan, director United States Steel Corporation, Northern Pacific Railway, and other corporations
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United States v. United States Steel Corporation, 251 U.S. 417 (1920), Supreme Court of the United States (text via GovInfo, U.S. Reports vol. 251), 1 Mar 1920.
Primary record
The case was heard in the District Court by four judges. They agreed that the bill should be dismissed
223 Fed. Rep. 55, affirmed.
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Report of the Committee Appointed Pursuant to House Resolutions 429 and 504 to Investigate the Concentration of Control of Money and Credit (the Pujo report), U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Banking and Currency (text via FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), 28 Feb 1913.
Primary record
stock and $304,000,000 of bonds, par value, was directed and absolutely dominated by Morgan & Co.
named the entire first board of directors. No director has been chosen since without his approval.
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Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Carnegie, Houghton Mifflin (text via Project Gutenberg #17976), 1920.
Self-published
Our successors, the United States Steel Corporation, soon after the purchase, netted sixty millions in one year.
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