Preserved Fish: a Semi-important Historical Figure With a Fun Name

Part of an occasional series on semi-important historical figures with fun names

Preserved Fish (public domain)

Preserved Fish was an early member of the illustrious Fish clan, an important family in early American history. Among the most important Fishes were such delightfully named luminaries as Stuyvesant Fish (a railroad baron who once hosted the Russian Tsar at his Newport mansion) and Hamilton Fish (a political titan of the nin…