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Leland Stanford
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American politician and railroad tycoon (1824-1893)
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Leland Stanford was an American politician and businessperson who served as the Governor of California and as a United States senator. A member of the Republican Party, he worked in Washington, D.C., and was educated at Cazenovia College. He was recognized in the Us Senators collection and received the California Hall of Fame award.
Born in 1824, Stanford died of a myocardial infarction in Palo Alto in 1893. His death was classified as natural causes. He is buried in the Stanford Mausoleum. Stanford was married to Jane Stanford and had a child named Leland Stanford, Jr. He spoke English and is described by Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography.
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- James T. Farley
- Succeeded by
- George Clement Perkins
- Lieutenant
- John F. Chellis
- Born
- Amasa Leland Stanford , ( 1824-03-09 ) March 9, 1824, Watervliet, New York , U.S.
- Died
- June 21, 1893 (1893-06-21) (aged 69), Palo Alto, California , U.S.
- Party
- Republican (from 1856)
- Other political affiliations
- Whig (until 1856)
- Spouse
- Jane Elizabeth Lathrop ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 30, 1850</span>"}]]}'>1850 )
- Children
- Leland Jr.
- Alma mater
- Cazenovia Seminary
- Occupation
- Politician Businessman
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Palo Alto
- Spouse
- Jane Stanford
- Child
- Leland Stanford, Jr.
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Position held
- United States senator
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Leland Stanford c1870s.jpg
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- Commons category
- Leland Stanford
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1824-03-09
- date of death
- 1893-06-21
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Leland Stanford
- name in native language
- Leland Stanford
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- different from
- Leland Stanford, Jr.
- National Governors Association biography URL
- www.nga.org/governor/amasa-leland-stanford
- place of burial
- Stanford Mausoleum
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Encyclopedic overview
Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 – June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from Watervliet, New York. He served as the eighth governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1885 until his death in 1893. Stanford and his wife Jane founded Stanford University, named after their late son.
Stanford became a successful merchant and wholesaler after migrating to California in 1852 during the gold rush; he built a business empire. Stanford 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. Stanford 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.
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