Leland Stanford

Leland Stanford

(1824–1893) businessperson United States

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Leland Stanford (1824–1893) was a United States businessperson.

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.

Notable works:

Government loans on real estate

Awards:

California Hall of Fame

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