Edward Russell Thomas (December 30, 1875 – July 6, 1926) was an American businessman and sportsman.
Early life and education
Edward Russell Thomas was born in Columbus, Ohio on December 30, 1875. He was a son of Ann Augusta (née Porter) Thomas (1847–1944) and Union general Samuel Russell Thomas (1840–1903), who left a fortune estimated at $20,000,000. His younger sister, Eleanor Thomas, was married to Robert Livingston Beeckman, who served as the Governor of Rhode Island from 1915 to 1921.
He graduated from Yale University in 1894.
Career
Thomas was a senior member of Thomas & Thomas, a Wall Street firm. In 1904, he acquired the New York Morning Telegraph from the estate of William Collins Whitney.
