Positions
- American Philosophical Society - elected member (1864)
- Franklin Institute - elected president (1864)
- University of Pennsylvania - elected trustee (1866)
- Fairmount Park - appointed member of the first commission (1868)
- Edgemoor Iron Company - elected president (1868)
- Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad - elected director (1868)
- Philadelphia and Reading Railroad - director
- Centennial Exposition, Board of Finance - elected vice-president (1873)
- William Butcher Steel Works (reorganized it as Midvale Steel Company) - president (1873–87)
- National Academy of Sciences in Washington - elected member (1873)
- Société d’encouragement pour l’industrie nationale in Paris - appointed member (1875)
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