Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 - June 21, 1893) was an American tycoon, industrialist, politician and founder of Stanford University. Migrating to California from New York at the time of the Gold Rush, he became a successful merchant and wholesaler, and continued to build his business empire. He served one two-year term as governor of California after his election in 1861, and later eight years as senator from the state. In May 1868, he helped form the Pacific Union Express Company. It merged in 1870 with Wells Fargo and Company. Stanford was a director of Wells Fargo and Company from 1870 to January 1884. After a brief retirement from the board, he served again from February 1884 until his death in June 1893. In in 1868, while the Central Pacific was under construction, Stanford and his associates acquired control of the Southern Pacific Railroad. As head of the railroad company that built the western portion of the First Transcontinental | |
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