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Fisk had several extramarital [[affair]]s. His wife spent the years of their marriage living with a woman friend, suggesting that she was a [[homosexual]] and had no sexual relationship with her husband. Fisk became involved in a dispute with business associate [[Edward S. Stokes]] over money and Broadway showgirl [[Josie Mansfield]], and Stokes shot and killed him in [[New York City]] on January 6, 1872. |
Fisk had several extramarital [[affair]]s. His wife spent the years of their marriage living with a woman friend, suggesting that she was a [[homosexual]] and had no sexual relationship with her husband. Fisk became involved in a dispute with business associate [[Edward S. Stokes]] over money and Broadway showgirl [[Josie Mansfield]], and Stokes shot and killed him in [[New York City]] on January 6, 1872. |
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Actor [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]] portrayed Fisk in the [[1937]] [[film|movie]] [[The Toast of New York]], which starred Arnold and [[Cary Grant]]. The movie was a fictionalized account of the lives of Fisk and Stokes. |
Actor [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]] portrayed Fisk in the [[1937]] [[film|movie]] [[The Toast of New York]], which starred Arnold and [[Cary Grant]]. The movie was a fictionalized account of the lives of Fisk and Stokes. poop? |
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Revision as of 01:03, 12 January 2006
James Fisk, Jr. (April 1, 1834 – January 6, 1872), known variously as "Big Jim," "Diamond Jim," and "Jubilee Jim," was an American financier. Fisk was born in Bennington, Vermont. After a brief period in school he ran away and joined a circus. Later he became a hotel waiter, and finally adopted the business of his father, a peddler. He then became a salesman for a Boston dry goods firm, his aptitude and energy eventually winning for him a share in the business. By his shrewd dealing in army contracts during the Civil War, and, by some accounts, cotton smuggling, he accumulated considerable wealth, which he soon lost in speculation.
In 1864 he became a stockbroker in New York and was employed by Daniel Drew as a buyer. He aided Drew in his war against Cornelius Vanderbilt for control of the Erie Railroad, which resulted in Fisk and Jay Gould becoming members of the Erie directorate. Subsequently, a well-planned raid netted Fisk and Gould control of the railroad. The association with Gould continued until his death. They carried financial buccaneering to extremes, their program including open alliance with Boss Tweed, the wholesale bribery of legislatures, and the buying of judges. Their attempt to corner the gold market culminated in the fateful Black Friday of September 24, 1869.
Fisk had several extramarital affairs. His wife spent the years of their marriage living with a woman friend, suggesting that she was a homosexual and had no sexual relationship with her husband. Fisk became involved in a dispute with business associate Edward S. Stokes over money and Broadway showgirl Josie Mansfield, and Stokes shot and killed him in New York City on January 6, 1872.
Actor Edward Arnold portrayed Fisk in the 1937 movie The Toast of New York, which starred Arnold and Cary Grant. The movie was a fictionalized account of the lives of Fisk and Stokes. poop?
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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