John Godfrey Moore
American businessman, financier and Wall Street stock market promoter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Godfrey Moore (July 7, 1847 – June 24, 1899) was an American businessman, financier and Wall Street stock market promoter during the Gilded Age. He gained fame by successfully suing the United States government in 1893, on constitutional grounds, to stop the new income tax Act from coming into effect, delaying it by 20 years.
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Born | (1847-07-07)July 7, 1847 Steuben, Maine |
Died | June 24, 1899(1899-06-24) (aged 51) New York, New York |
Occupation | Businessman |
Political party | Republican |
Spouses | Miriam Jane Aldrich
(m. 1872; died 1890)Louise Taylor Hartshorne
(m. 1894) |
Children | 3 |
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