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Leland Stanford

Also Known As Amasa Leland Stanford
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An American businessman and politician, one of the Big Four investors behind the Central Pacific Railroad, elected its president on its 1861 incorporation. As the railroad's head, he presided at the ceremonial driving of the Last Spike at Promontory, Utah on 10 May 1869, connecting the Central Pacific's track with the Union Pacific Railroad and completing the First Transcontinental Railroad. He later founded Stanford University. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1824 1
Death Year
1893 1
Nationality
American 1
FAQs

Did Leland Stanford lead any railroad besides the Central Pacific?

Yes. He became president of the Southern Pacific Railroad after he and his associates acquired control of it in 1868.

Yes. While the Central Pacific was under construction, Stanford and his associates acquired control of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1868. He was elected its president and held that post until 1890, apart from a brief period in 1869 and 1870 when Tevis was acting president, when Collis Huntington ousted him.
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Sergei Witte, Figures

Stanford, president of the Central Pacific Railroad and one of the Big Four, presided at the driving of the Last Spike completing the first American transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869. Witte, as Russian finance minister from 1892 to 1903, greatly accelerated construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway more than two decades later.

Source Wikipedia: Sergei Witte

Operates

First Transcontinental Railroad, Infrastructure

As president of the Central Pacific Railroad, the line building the western section; he presided at and personally drove the ceremonial Last Spike completing it.

Source Wikipedia: Leland Stanford
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Nationality

United States

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Source Wikipedia: Leland StanfordLead sentence 1tier 2
Quote, Lead sentence 1
Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 – June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from Watervliet, New York.
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1. Wikipedia: Leland Stanford
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    Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824
  • Operates: First Transcontinental Railroad
  • In Group: Industrialists and Transport Entrepreneurs, Lead sentence
    Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824, June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from Watervliet, New York.
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