Shortly before the Civil War, Rockefeller and a partner established a shipping company in Cleveland, Ohio. The company made so much money during the war. In 1863, he and his partner invested in another business that refined crude oil from Pennsylvania into kerosene for illuminating lamps.
One would be <span>Closely followed the policies of his precedessor and patron Andrew Jackson and was a key organizer of the Jacksonian Democratic Party</span>
