- He was an American politician, showman, and businessman
- Known for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus
| Real name: | Phineas Taylor Barnum | | Born: | 05 July 1810 Comment | | When did P. T. Barnum die? / Died | 07 April 1891 | | How many years did P. T. Barnum live? / Lived | 80 years | | Where was P. T. Barnum born? | Bethel, Connecticut, US | | Where did P. T. Barnum die? / Deathplace | Bridgeport, Connecticut, US | | Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
P. T. Barnum Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is P. T. Barnum worth? | Under review
| | Nationality: | American |
Who was P. T. Barnum? / Facts
- He is erroneously credited with coining the phrase "There's a sucker born every minute"
- He became a small-business owner in his early twenties, and founded a weekly newspaper, before moving to New York City in 1834
- He embarked on an entertainment career, first with a variety troupe called "Barnum's Grand Scientific and Musical Theater", and soon after by purchasing Scudder's American Museum, which he renamed after himself
- He used the museum as a platform to promote hoaxes and human curiosities such as the Feejee mermaid and General Tom Thumb
- In 1850 he promoted the American tour of singer Jenny Lind, paying her an unprecedented $1,000 a night for 150 nights
- After economic reversals due to bad investments in the 1850s, and years of litigation and public humiliation, he used a lecture tour, mostly as a temperance speaker, to emerge from debt
- His museum added America's first aquarium and expanded the wax-figure department
- Barnum served two terms in the Connecticut legislature in 1865 as a Republican for Fairfield
- With the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution over slavery and African-American suffrage, Barnum spoke before the legislature and said, "A human soul, ‘that God has created and Christ died for,’ is not to be trifled with
- It may tenant the body of a Chinaman, a Turk, an Arab or a Hottentot – it is still an immortal spirit"
- Elected in 1875 as Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, he worked to improve the water supply, bring gas lighting to streets, and enforce liquor and prostitution laws
- Barnum was instrumental in starting Bridgeport Hospital, founded in 1878, and was its first president
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