Who dated James Fisk?

James Fisk Jr. (April 1, 1835 – January 7, 1872) was an American stockbroker and corporate executive who was one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. He achieved much ill-fame for his role in Black Friday in 1869, where he and his partner Jay Gould befriended the unsuspecting President Ulysses S. Grant in an attempt to use the President's good name in a scheme to corner the gold market in New York City. On January 7, 1872, Fisk was assassinated in New York City by his former mistress's new lover, who was trying to blackmail him.

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Helen Josephine Mansfield (December 15, 1847 – October 27, 1931), known professionally as Josie Mansfield, was an American stage actress. Mansfield is best known for being at the center of a fatal love triangle involving two wealthy, high profile men: financier Jim Fisk and his business partner Ned Stokes.

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