John Teele Pratt

John Teele Pratt (December 25, 1873 – June 17, 1927) was an American corporate attorney, philanthropist, music impresario, and financier. Pratt married Ruth Sears Baker (1877–1965), a Wellesley College graduate and the daughter of Edwin K. Baker, a Massachusetts dry-goods merchant. In 1929, two years after his eventual death in 1927, Ruth became the first woman elected to the United States Congress from the State of New York. Together, they were the parents of five children:

John Teele Pratt Jr. (1903–1969), who was married to Mary Christy Tiffany (1905–1980), the daughter of George Shepley Tiffany. Virginia Pratt (1905–1979), who married Robert Helyer Thayer (1901−1984), a U.S. Minister to Romania, in 1926. Sally Sears Pratt (1908–1973), who married James Tracy Jackson III (1905–1986) in 1928. Phyllis Pratt (1912–1987), who married Paul Henry Nitze (1907–2004), the Secretary of the Navy and Deputy Secretary of Defense under President Lyndon B. Johnson. Edwin Howard Baker Pratt (1913–1975), the headmaster of Browne & Nichols school, who married Aileen Kelly. Thirty six years earlier, his father, Charles Pratt, had died of heart disease in offices at the same address. It is now the Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center.

The John Teele Pratt residence, at 11 East 61st St. in New York City was purchased by the Pratts, who hired Charles Pierrepont Henry Gilbert to remodel the 1872 home in April 1907. In 1914, Pratt purchased the neighboring homes at 7 and 9 East 61st Street and hired Platt to tear them down and design a new residence. He is also the great-grandfather of actress Suzanna Love (b. 1950).

Through his daughter Phyllis, he was the grandfather of William A. Nitze of Washington, DC, the chairman of Oceana Technologies and Clearpath Technologies, who married Ann Kendall Richards, an independent art dealer.

Through his son Edwin, he was the grandfather of singer-songwriter Andy Pratt (b. 1947).