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Leland Stanford | |
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.jpg) Stanford in 1890 | |
| United States Senator from California | |
| In office March 4, 1885 – June 21, 1893 | |
| Preceded by | James T. Farley |
| Succeeded by | George Clement Perkins |
| 8th Governor of California | |
| In office January 10, 1862 – December 10, 1863 | |
| Lieutenant | John F. Chellis |
| Preceded by | John Gately Downey |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Ferdinand Low |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Amasa Leland Stanford March 9, 1824 Watervliet, New York, U.S. |
| Died | June 21, 1893 (aged 69) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican (from 1856) |
| Other political affiliations | Whig (until 1856) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Leland Jr. |
| Alma mater | Cazenovia Seminary |
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Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 – June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from California. He served as the 8th governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1885 until his death in 1893. He and his wife Jane founded Stanford University, named after their late son.[1]
Stanford became a successful merchant and wholesaler after migrating to California in 1852 during the Gold Rush; he built a business empire. He was an influential executive of the Central Pacific Railroad and later of the Southern Pacific railroads from 1861 to 1890; these positions gave him tremendous power in the Western United States which left a lasting impact on California.[2][need quotation to verify][3][need quotation to verify][4][5][failed verification][6] He also played a significant role as a shareholder and executive in the early history of Pacific Life and Wells Fargo. He was the first Republican governor of California. Stanford is widely considered a robber baron.[7][8][9][10][6]
- ^ Burlingame, Dwight (August 19, 2004). Philanthropy in America: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 456. ISBN 978-1-57607-860-0 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Tuterow, Norman E. (2004). The governor: the life and legacy of Leland Stanford, a California colossus, Volume 2. Spokane, Washington: Arthur H. Clark Co. p. 1146.
- ^ Carlisle, Rodney P., ed. (April 2009). Handbook to Life in America, Vol. 4. Facts on File. p. 8.
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Cummings, Bruce (2009). "Manifest Destiny's Offspring: Gold, the Continental Railroad, Texas". Dominion from Sea to Sea: Pacific Ascendancy and American Power. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 105. ISBN 9780300154979.
[...] other forty-niners parlayed their gold rush earnings into world-historical fortunes. Each has a name instantly associated with contemporary California: [...] Leland Stanford (the university) [...].
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Lindsay, David (2005) [1997]. "Anatomical museums". Madness in the Making: The Triumphant Rise and Untimely Fall of America's Show Inventors (reprint ed.). Lincoln, Nebraska: iUniverse. p. 214. ISBN 9780595347667.
The ex-governor of California, president of both the Central Pacific Railroad and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Stanford was a classic robber baron, who owned two hundred horses, a palatial Palo Alto estate, and his own private race course.
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Allison, Scott T.; Eylon, Dafna; Markus, Michael J.; et al. (February 29, 2004). "Legacy". In Goethals, George R. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Leadership, Volume 2. Sage Publications. p. 897. ISBN 978-1-4522-6530-8.
The Rockefeller family, the industrialist Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), and the railroad magnate Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) were other late-nineteenth-century men and women of wealth and power who left sizable philanthropic legacies, perhaps spurred into giving by the pejorative label robber baron.
- ^ Tuterow, Norman E. (2004). The governor: the life and legacy of Leland Stanford, a California colossus, Volume 2. Arthur H. Clark Co. p. 1146.
- ^ Carlisle, Rodney P., ed. (April 2009). Handbook to Life in America, Vol. 4. Facts on File. p. 8.
- ^ Cummings, Bruce (2009). Dominion from Sea to Sea: Pacific Ascendancy and American Power. Yale University Press. p. 672.
- ^ Lindsay, David (2005). Madness in the Making. Universe. p. 214.