Bailey, James A

Bailey, James A

▪ American circus impresario
original name  James Anthony McGinnes 
born July 4, 1847, Detroit
died April 11, 1906, Mt. Vernon, New York, U.S.

      U.S. impresario credited with the great success of the Barnum & Bailey Circus.

      As a boy, Bailey travelled with an itinerant circus. In 1872 he became a partner in James E. Cooper's Circus, later called the Great International Circus, which made a profitable two-year tour of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Java, and several countries of South America. From 1876 called Cooper, Bailey and Co.'s Circus, it became a serious competitor of P.T. Barnum's (Barnum, P.T.) “Greatest Show on Earth” and merged with that enterprise in 1881. Bailey's managerial astuteness complemented Barnum's abilities as a promoter and made their circus the most successful enterprise of its kind in the United States. After Barnum's death in 1891, the circus made several triumphant tours of Europe under Bailey's sole leadership. It became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus in 1919.

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