About Leland Stanford

Amasa Leland Stanford 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.

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Leland Stanford

American politician and railroad tycoon (1824-1893)

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politician, businessperson

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Governor of California, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator

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United States

Born

March 9, 1824

Died

June 21, 1893

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