J. P. Morgan

Events

2

Episodes

2

Years

1892–1895

Every event in Historedia whose sources name J. P. Morgan, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. General Electric formed by the Thomson-Houston and Edison merger

   1892

   Role: Financier who orchestrated the merger

   1. 11892 · Schenectady, New YorkFormation of General Electric

      General Electric was established in 1892 through the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company, orchestrated by J. P. Morgan.

2. J. P. Morgan and Rothschilds gold loan saves the U.S. Treasury reserve

   1895

   Role: Banker and Syndicate Organizer

   1. 2February 1895 · U.S. TreasuryGold Loan Syndicate

      Morgan and the Rothschilds organized a gold sale to the U.S. government via a Civil War statute, rescuing the Treasury reserve during the Panic of 1893.

Sources

1. General Electric Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-09
2. Thomson-Houston Electric Company Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-08
3. J. P. Morgan Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-09