About Abraham C. Ratshesky
Lived 1864 – 1943 (aged 78). Abraham C. Ratshesky was an American diplomat, banker and politician.
Abraham Captain "Cap" Ratshesky (November 6, 1864 – March 15, 1943) was a banker who was the founder of the United States Trust Company, social activist, representative to the Massachusetts General Court and the United States Minister to Czechoslovakia (1930-1932).
Biography Ratshesky was born in Boston in 1866, the son of Jewish immigrants Asher and Bertha Ratshesky. He attended Boston Latin School but did not graduate. Ratshesky and his wife Edith lived in the Back Bay of Boston and at their home, The Birches, in Beverly. He served as a Massachusetts State Senator from 1892-1895 and as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1892, 1904, 1908, 1916, and 1924.
He died at Beth Israel Hospital on March 15, 1943.
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Who was Abraham C. Ratshesky?
American banker (1864-1943)
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Abraham C. Ratshesky was born on 6 November 1864 in Boston.
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Abraham C. Ratshesky died on 15 March 1943 in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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Abraham C. Ratshesky was a diplomat, banker and politician.
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Abraham C. Ratshesky was American.
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