Who were some of Elihu Root's private clients?
Industrialists like Andrew Carnegie
Artists and musicians
Foreign diplomats
Ordinary citizens
Answer
Industrialists like Andrew Carnegie were some of Elihu Root's private clients. Root was a lawyer who represented many of the most powerful industrialists of the Gilded Age, including Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan. He helped them to consolidate their power and influence, and to shape the American legal system in their favor.
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