Louis Carroll Root

Background

Root, Louis Carroll was born on September 29, 1868 in Port Byron, New York, United States. Son of William H. and Helen (Hadger) Root.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Cornell, 1892.

Career

Fellow political economy and finance, Cornell, 1892-1893. Assistant to Indianapolis Monetary Commission, 1897-1898. Secretary, 1901-1902, 3d vice president, 1902-1904, New York Security & Trust Company.

Treasurer Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Machine Company, 1904-1906. With Isidore Newman & Son, bankers, 1906-1922. Member of firm, 1920-1922.

Vice president Newman, Saunders & Company, Inc., 1922-1935, retired. Author of numerous monographs on monetary questions. Secretary and later chairman executive committee (New York) Reform Club Sound Currency Committee, 1896-1908.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author of numerous monographs on monetary questions. Secretary and later chairman executive committee (New York) Reform Club Sound Currency Committee, 1896-1908.

Membership

Fellow political economy and finance, Cornell, 1892-1893. Member of firm, 1920-1922.

Connections

Married Alice S. Beers, March 26, 1892.; married second, Elinor H. Fisher, September 23, 1925. Children: Harold S., Helen M., Alice Carol.

Father:

William H. Root

Mother:

Helen (Hadger) Root

Spouse:

Alice S. Beers

Spouse:

Elinor H. Fisher

child:

Harold S. Root

child:

Helen M. Root

child:

Alice Carol Root