The Financier · Character
Henry A. Mollenhauer
A grim political boss who sees Cowperwood's collapse as an opportunity to seize street-railway stock and bury the scandal before election day.
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Also known as Mollenhauer, Henry Mollenhauer, Mr. Mollenhauer
First appearance: ix
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Mollenhauer, a cold and powerful political boss, visits Stener to pressure him into using a broker to bring new city loan certificates to par, as he holds many old city warrants.
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Mollenhauer is the kind of power broker who treats city government as a private treasury and every crisis as a chance to consolidate control. When Stener comes to him panicked over half a million in missing funds,…
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- Cowperwood's inner circle
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See Henry A. Mollenhauer in ix