Robert L. Cutting

Robert Livingston Cutting (January 19, 1812 – February 25, 1887)[1] was an American businessperson based in New York City.

[1] After his schooling, he began business on Wall Street, and joined the New York Stock Exchange on June 7, 1844.

[1] Cutting was at one point president of the New York Stock Exchange, and he remained with the organization until February 1881, when he retired from active business.

He was succeeded in business by his sons James and Robert Jr.[1] Along with Jacob H. Schiff, Marcellus Hartley, Horace Brigham Claflin, and Joseph Seligman, he was a founder of the Continental Bank of New York in August 1870.

[10] As of September 1891, Cutting was a director in the newly incorporated Westchester and Putnam Railroad Company, with a starting capital of $100,000.