Henry David Cooke was an American financier, journalist, railroad executive, and politician. He was the younger brother of Philadelphia financier Jay Cooke. A member of the Republican political machine in post-Civil War Washington, D.C., Cooke was appointed first territorial governor of the District of Columbia by Ulysses S. Grant.
Henry D. Cooke
Jay Cooke was an American financier who helped finance the Union war effort during the American Civil War and the postwar development of railroads in the northwestern United States. He is generally acknowledged as the first major investment banker in the United States and creator of the first wire house firm.
Jay Cooke
Eleutheros Cooke House in Sandusky
Jay Cooke's mausoleum in Elkins Park, behind St. Paul's Episcopal Church, which he founded.
Jay Cooke's summer home, on Gibraltar Island, Ohio.