- Anthony N. Brady
Anthony N. Brady (
August 22 ,1841 -July 22 ,1913 ) was a politically astute traction magnate, who used position in Albany to help secure franchises, particularlyBrooklyn Rapid Transit , as wellAlbany Gas Light Company . Later he was the largest shareholder and a director ofAmerican Tobacco Company as of 1900, and successor companies (Consolidated Tobacco Company) in subsequent years.He is considered to have been one of the 100 wealthiest Americans, having left an enormous fortune., [ [http://www.scottwinslow.com/2002/wealthy.asp The Wealthy 100 ] at www.scottwinslow.com] and perhaps the richest Catholic in the United States. His son and heir,
James Cox Brady, Sr. , was one of the thirty richest Americans as of 1918. He was the grandfather ofNicholas F. Brady , a former U.S. Senator from New Jersey, and Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.The Anthony N. Brady Memorial Laboratory, School of Medicine,
Yale University is named for him.See also
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