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Stanford, (Amasa) Leland

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Stanford, (Amasa) Leland (1824-1893)

US public official and railroad developer. Elected governor of California 1861, he became president of the Central Pacific Railroad in the same year, and was one of the founders of the Southern Pacific Railroad 1870. He served in the US Senate 1885-93.

Born in Watervliet, New York, Stanford was educated at Cazenovia Seminary and was admitted to the bar 1848. Settling in California 1856, he became a successful merchant in Sacramento.



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