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The oil enterprise founded in 1870, reorganized as a trust, and divided by the 1911 antitrust judgment. Subsidiaries have separate entries where named.
Also appears as: Standard · Standard Oil · Standard Oil Company · Standard Oil’s · the Standard · the Standard Oil · the Standard Oil Company · Standard Oil Co. · Standard Oil Trust · Standard Oil Company (Ohio)
John D. Rockefeller, Sr. — cofounder and president — Standard Oil.
Evidence: Ch. 8, ¶8
William Rockefeller — cofounder and vice president — Standard Oil.
Evidence: Ch. 8, ¶8
Henry M. Flagler — cofounder, secretary and treasurer — Standard Oil.
Evidence: Ch. 8, ¶8
Charles Pratt — refining firm acquired by — Standard Oil.
Evidence: Ch. 9, ¶26
Henry H. Rogers — executive of — Standard Oil.
Evidence: Ch. 9, ¶26
Johnson Newlon Camden — refining business acquired by — Standard Oil.
Evidence: Ch. 9, ¶34
Daniel O’Day — built pipeline operations for — Standard Oil.
Evidence: Ch. 9, ¶49
Jacob J. Vandergrift — pipeline business associate — Standard Oil.
Evidence: Ch. 9, ¶49
Samuel C. T. Dodd — lawyer and trust architect — Standard Oil.
Evidence: Ch. 13, ¶25; Ch. 13, ¶30
Ida M. Tarbell — investigated and criticized — Standard Oil.
Evidence: Foreword, ¶3; Ch. 22, ¶47; Ch. 22, ¶48
George Rice — independent rival and critic — Standard Oil.
Evidence: Ch. 12, ¶52; Ch. 14, ¶32
Lewis Emery, Jr. — opposed — Standard Oil.
Evidence: Ch. 8, ¶29
Theodore Roosevelt — administration pursued antitrust action — Standard Oil.
Evidence: Ch. 26, ¶13; Ch. 26, ¶14
William Howard Taft — continued antitrust prosecutions — Standard Oil.
Evidence: Ch. 27, ¶56; Ch. 27, ¶57
Supreme Court — ordered dissolution in 1911 — Standard Oil. The judgment required Standard Oil to spin off its subsidiaries within six months.
Evidence: Ch. 27, ¶60
Foreword, ¶1 Foreword, ¶3 Foreword, ¶4 Foreword, ¶7 Prelude, ¶5 Prelude, ¶6 Prelude, ¶7 Prelude, ¶12 Prelude, ¶13 Ch. 2, ¶22 Ch. 2, ¶29 Ch. 2, ¶35
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John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · talk · Standard Oil · Prelude, ¶6
Cornelius Vanderbilt · invest · Standard Oil · Ch. 8, ¶18
John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · say · Standard Oil · Ch. 8, ¶80
John D. Archbold · go · Standard Oil · Ch. 9, ¶31
Standard Oil · revile · Titusville · Ch. 9, ¶31
Standard Oil · form · Acme Oil Company · Ch. 9, ¶32
John D. Archbold · herd · Standard Oil · Ch. 9, ¶32
Standard Oil · launch · American Transfer Company · Ch. 9, ¶49
Standard Oil · take · Chesebrough Manufacturing Company · Ch. 10, ¶25
Standard Oil · buy · Alexander, Scofield · Ch. 11, ¶39
Standard Oil · foist · Erie · Ch. 12, ¶16
Standard Oil · divide · Pennsylvania · Ch. 12, ¶59
Standard Oil · construct · Pennsylvania · Ch. 12, ¶60
Standard Oil · construct · Cleveland · Ch. 12, ¶60
Standard Oil · subdue · Tidewater Pipe Line Company · Ch. 12, ¶61
Standard Oil · establish · Brooklyn · Ch. 13, ¶7
Standard Oil · move · New York · Ch. 13, ¶11
Samuel C. T. Dodd · enter · Standard Oil · Ch. 13, ¶26
United Pipe Lines · belong · Standard Oil · Ch. 13, ¶26
John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · prevail · Standard Oil · Ch. 13, ¶43
Standard Oil · start · Deutsche-Amerikanische Petroleum Gesellschaft · Ch. 14, ¶10
Standard Oil · launch · Europe · Ch. 14, ¶10
Standard Oil · bar · United States · Ch. 14, ¶11
Standard Oil · hire · London · Ch. 14, ¶15
John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · run · Standard Oil · Ch. 14, ¶20
Standard Oil · cede · Mexico · Ch. 14, ¶37
Standard Oil · cede · Henry Pierce · Ch. 14, ¶37
Standard Oil · set · Natural Gas Trust · Ch. 14, ¶60
Standard Oil · set · John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · Ch. 14, ¶60
Rice · force · Standard Oil · Ch. 14, ¶73
Cooke · prosper · Standard Oil · Ch. 14, ¶82
Standard Oil · buy · U.S. Senate · Ch. 16, ¶21
Oliver H. Payne · give · Standard Oil · Ch. 16, ¶24
William Howard Taft · identify · Standard Oil · Ch. 16, ¶57
Henry Demarest Lloyd · return · Standard Oil · Ch. 18, ¶31
Ida M. Tarbell · condemn · Standard Oil · Ch. 22, ¶74
Theodore Roosevelt · find · Standard Oil · Ch. 26, ¶8
Justice Department · prosecute · Standard Oil · Ch. 26, ¶11
Standard Oil · misplay · Theodore Roosevelt · Ch. 27, ¶2
Kenesaw Mountain Landis · call · Standard Oil · Ch. 27, ¶13
Standard Oil · retain · John G. Milburn · Ch. 27, ¶28
John D. Archbold · inaugurate · Standard Oil · Ch. 27, ¶48
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. · resign · Standard Oil · Ch. 29, ¶6
Rockefeller family · riddle · Standard Oil · Ch. 31, ¶20
Standard Oil Company — xiii, xx, 22, 24,
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