Financier/Philanthropist
Centurion, 1856–1879
Born 10 June 1822 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Died 22 February 1890 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum
, Manhattan, New York
Proposed by Edward Bell
Elected 6 December 1856 at age thirty-four
Archivist’s Note: Father of William Waldorf Astor; cousin of Charles Astor Bristed; brother-in-law of John Carey Jr. and Franklin H. Delano
