J.P. Morgan, One of World’s Richest Men, Faced Some Accountability and Regulation, Thanks to Republican Teddy Roosevelt

J. P. Morgan (1837-1913), a financier and investment banker, dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known as J.P. Morgan and Co., he was a driving personal force behind the wave of industrial consolidations in the United States at the turn of th…