12 Facts About Preserved Fish

Preserved Fish was a prominent New York City shipping merchant in the early 19th century.

Preserved Fish was born in Freetown, Massachusetts to blacksmith Isaac Fish and Ruth Grinnell Fish.

Preserved Fish's extended family, prominent in New York, gave rise to Hamilton Fish, governor, senator, and secretary of state, and Stuyvesant Fish.

Preserved Fish was descended from Thomas Fish, who settled in New England in 1643.

Preserved Fish soon realized that fortune lay in selling whale oil, not in harvesting it.

Preserved Fish prospered as a merchant in New Bedford, Massachusetts, but had a political squabble and left for New York.

Preserved Fish was one of the 28 brokers of the New York Exchange Board, which later became the New York Stock Exchange.

Preserved Fish was involved with Tammany Hall: along with Gideon Lee, another banker, his faction controlled the Democratic Party in New York City at the time that the Locofoco reformers attempted, unsuccessfully, to take it over.

Preserved Fish was one of the leaders in the movement opposed to sabbatarianism in the United States.

Preserved Fish married his third wife, Mary Shepherd Fish, just four months later.

In later life, Preserved Fish was a member of the Episcopal Church.

Preserved Fish is buried in the New York City Marble Cemetery.