Brayton Ives
| Brayton Ives | |
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| President of Northern Pacific Railway | |
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In office 1893–1896 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Fletcher Oakes |
| Succeeded by | Edward Dean Adams |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 22, 1914 Farmington, Connecticut |
| Died | October 22, 1914 (aged 74) Ossining, New York |
| Spouse(s) | Eleanor Anderson Bissell (m. 1867; his death 1914) |
| Education | Yale University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Union |
| Service/branch | Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank |
 Colonel Bvt. Brigadier General
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| Commands | 1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Brayton Ives (23 August 1840 – 22 October 1914) was president of Northern Pacific Railway from 1893 to 1896 and was president of the and the Western National Bank of New York. He also served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
He was born on 23 August 1840 in Farmington, Connecticut to William A. Ives and Julia Root, and was graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in 1861. He served in the American Civil War as assistant adjutant general on the staff of Brigadier General Orris S. Ferry and became the Colonel of the 1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment. He was brevetted brigadier general for gallantry at the battles of Ream's Station, Deep Bottom, Five Forks, and Sailor's Creek.
Ives was married to Eleanor Anderson Bissell on 6 February 1867.
Ives became a prominent New York financier by 1868 and served two terms as president of the New York Stock Exchange; he was president of the Western National Bank of New York for many years and was chosen president of Northern Pacific Railway on 20 October 1893.
Ives was a survivor of the sinking of the British ocean liner RMS Republic in January 1909.
Ives was a collector of ceramics and other art objects, and of books. He had a library of more than 6000 volumes including many incunabula. He possessed a Guttenberg Bible, and early printed editions of Euclid and of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He had a collection of 200 rare books pertaining to the early settlement of America.
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