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Rogers Caldwell (1890-1968) was an American businessman and banker from Tennessee. He was known as the "J. P. Morgan of the South."〔 He was the founder and president of Caldwell and Company and its subsidiary, the Bank of Tennessee. He was the president of the Tennessee Hart-Parr Company, which sold tractors in the Southern United States, mechanizing agriculture, and the president of the Kentucky Rock and Asphalt company, which built infrastructure and roads in Tennessee. With politician Luke Lea (senator), he owned newspapers in Tennessee. In the wake of the Wall Street crash of 1929, Caldwell and Company went bankrupt, leading up to nearly 100 bank failures across the Southern United States, in what was called the "greatest financial disaster which Tennessee has ever experienced" by Tennessee General Assembly.〔 Caldwell was indicted of breach of trust in Tennessee and Kentucky, and sentenced to prison in Tennessee but his verdict was overturned by the Supreme Court of Tennessee, and he was never extradited to Kentucky. His mansion was seized by the state of Tennessee and turned into the Tennessee Agricultural Museum. ==Early life== Rogers Caldwell was born on January 25, 1890 in Nashville, Tennessee. His father, James Erwin Caldwell, was a businessman.〔 His mother was May Winston. He grew up at the Longview mansion.〔 〕 Caldwell was educated at the Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville.〔 He attended Vanderbilt University from 1908 to 1910, but he dropped out before graduating.〔 However, he continued to attend Vanderbilt Commodores football games.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rogers Caldwell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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