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August Belmont, Jr
August Belmont (February 18, 1853 - 1924), United States banker, was born in New York and graduated at Harvard in 1875.
He succeeded his father as head of the banking house and was prominent in railway finance, and in financing and building the New York subway.
In 1904 he was one of the principal supporters of Alton B. Parker for the Democratic presidential nomination, and served as chairman of the finance committee of the Democratic National Committee.
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