Horace Capron
American businessman, agriculturalist, and Union Army officer (1804-1885) · United States · On the map · Business Professionals · Died at 80
Horace Capron was an American businessman and agriculturalist, a founder of Laurel, Maryland, a Union officer in the American Civil War, the United States secretary of agriculture under U.S. presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant, and an advisor to Japan's Hokkaido Development Commission.
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His collection of Japanese art and artifacts was sold to the Smithsonian Institution after his death.
Country
United States
Category
Business Professionals
Type
Business Professional
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1804 to 1885 · aged 80
