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Apr 9, 2024 · Biography of Leland Stanford, U.S. senator from California and, as the president of the Central Pacific Railroad, one of the builders of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad. He is one of the 19th-century entrepreneurial tycoons called robber barons. He and his wife founded Stanford University.
Feb 20, 2020 · A new biography from Bay Area journalist Roland De Wolk says Leland Stanford was a ruthless capitalist who cheated taxpayers — and became the godfather of modern tech. How much do you really...
Stanford is widely considered a robber baron. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Early life and career. Leland Stanford was born in 1824 in what was then Watervliet, New York (now the Town of Colonie ). He was one of eight children of Josiah and Elizabeth Phillips Stanford.
- Republican (from 1856)
- George Clement Perkins
Feb 12, 2020 · Leland’s legacy: how a robber baron built Stanford, sparked Silicon Valley and transformed America | by Charles Russo | THE SIX FIFTY | Medium. “What a life!”: Robber baron,...
May 30, 2022 · The Robber Baroness of Northern California. Authorities who investigated Jane Stanford’s mysterious death said the wealthy widow had no enemies. A new book finds that she had many. By Maia...
Dec 23, 2014 · Dec. 23, 2014, 1:08 a.m. Leland and Jane Stanford at the laying of the University cornerstone in 1887. (Courtesy of Lee Altenberg.) Leland Stanford, though himself a multimillionaire and a...
