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Spoor, John A. (American industrialist, 1851-1926)
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Note: John A. Spoor was born in 1851 in Freehold NY. In 1886 he went to Chicago and became general manager of the Wagner Palace Car Co, later extending his interests to other railways and Chicago financial institutions. The Central Manufacturing District in Chicago was one of his important works. In financial circles he was known as "J. Pierpont Morgan" of the middle west. Spoor served as President of the Exposition 1900-1908. In 1909, he became Chairman of the Board of Directors and served in that capacity for several years. He died in 1926. |
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