Bradhurst Schieffelin (New York City, 21 September 1824 – Staten Island, 9 March 1909) was an American druggist and activist.
[3] During the American Civil War, he organized a committee of prominent citizens for consultation with and support of President Lincoln.
In the financial troubles succeeding the war, he was active in charities: he fed and sheltered thousands of destitute people at his own expense.
[3] With Charles O'Conor and Horace Greeley, he formulated a petition introduced into the United States Congress by Roscoe Conkling for the prevention of the appropriation for the use of religious corporations of public moneys or property.
He believed that no republic can exist where wealth is allowed to accumulate in the hands of a small minority, and favored a law limiting inheritance.