Leland Stanford

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businessperson human industrialist philanthropist politician railroad magnate

Leland Stanford was an American industrialist, railroad magnate, and politician who served as governor of California and co-founded Stanford University.

Aliases (2)

Leland Stanford Jr. ×2
Amasa Leland Stanford ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson → human → industrialist → philanthropist → politician → railroad magnate →
birthDate	1824-03-09 →
birthPlace	Albany County, New York NERFINISHED → Watervliet, New York →
boardMemberOf	Central Pacific Railroad → Southern Pacific Railroad →
burialPlace	Stanford University campus →
causeOfDeath	heart failure →
child	Leland Stanford Jr. →
coFounded	Stanford University →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1893-06-21 →
deathPlace	Palo Alto, California NERFINISHED →
educatedAt	Cazenovia Seminary → Clinton Liberal Institute →
employer	Central Pacific Railroad → Southern Pacific Railroad →
familyName	Stanford →
founded	Leland Stanford Junior University → Stanford University →
fullName	Amasa Leland Stanford →
givenName	Amasa → Leland →
memberOf	California State Government → Republican Party → United States Senate →
notableWork	Development of the Central Pacific Railroad → Founding of Stanford University →
occupation	businessperson → industrialist → lawyer → politician → railroad executive →
owned	Central Pacific Railroad → Southern Pacific Railroad →
placeOfBurial	Stanford Mausoleum →
politicalOfficeEnd	Governor of California term end 1863 → U.S. Senator from California term end 1893 →
politicalOfficeStart	Governor of California term start 1862 → U.S. Senator from California term start 1885 →
positionHeld	Governor of California → United States Senator →
religion	Methodism →
residence	Palo Alto, California NERFINISHED → Sacramento, California → San Francisco, California →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Jane Stanford →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Promontory Summit, Utah Territory → The Farm →	associatedWithPerson
Stanford University ("Leland Stanford Jr.") → Stanford, California →	namedAfter
Jane Stanford ("Leland Stanford Jr.") →	child
Jane Stanford →	coFounderWith
Southern Pacific Railroad →	formedBy
Palo Alto Stock Farm →	foundedBy
Palo Alto, California →	founder
Stanford University →	founders
Leland Stanford ("Amasa Leland Stanford") →	fullName
Palo Alto Stock Farm →	ownedBy
Palo Alto Stock Farm →	patron
Jane Stanford →	spouse