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an American financier, born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1849. He was educated at Friends' Central School, Philadelphia, and after having acquired some mercantile experience, he became connected with the Philadelphia banking house of Drexel and Company, becoming a partner in 1882 and later the head of the concern as well as a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan and Company. He was the chairman of the board of di- H STOVALL rectors of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company and an officer or director of many railroad companies and corporations. He was greatly interested in the breeding of thoroughbred horses, was a patron of arts and an owner of an extensive and valuable collection of paintings, sculptures, etc. He also supported for many years grand opera enterprises in Philadelphia. In 1904 he was treasurer of the Republican National Campaign Fund for Roosevelt and 1908 for Taft.