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.

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Label Occurrences
Leland Stanford canonical 34
Amasa Leland Stanford 2
Leland Stanford Jr. 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
railroad magnate ⓘ
birthDate 1824-03-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Albany County ⓘ
surface form: Albany County, New York

Watervliet, New York ⓘ
boardMemberOf Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
burialPlace Stanford University ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
educatedAt Cazenovia Seminary ⓘ
Clinton Liberal Academy ⓘ
surface form: Clinton Liberal Institute
employer Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
familyName Stanford ⓘ
founded Stanford University ⓘ
surface form: Leland Stanford Junior University

Stanford University ⓘ
fullName Leland Stanford self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Amasa Leland Stanford
givenName Amasa Delano ⓘ
surface form: Amasa

Leland ⓘ
memberOf Government of California ⓘ
surface form: California State Government

Republican Party ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
notableWork Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
surface form: Development of the Central Pacific Railroad

Stanford University ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Sacramento ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento, California

San Francisco ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Jane Stanford ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stanford University → founders → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Stanford University → namedAfter → Leland Stanford ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leland Stanford Jr.
The Farm → associatedWithPerson → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Jane Stanford → spouse → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Jane Stanford → child → Leland Stanford ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leland Stanford Jr.
Jane Stanford → coFounderWith → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Palo Alto, California → founder → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Leland Stanford → fullName → Leland Stanford self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amasa Leland Stanford
Promontory Summit, Utah Territory → associatedWithPerson → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Southern Pacific Railroad → formedBy → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Palo Alto Stock Farm → foundedBy → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Palo Alto Stock Farm → ownedBy → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Palo Alto Stock Farm → patron → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Stanford, California → namedAfter → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Charles Crocker → businessPartner → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Big Four railroad magnate circle → hasMember → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Stanford Mausoleum, Stanford University campus, California → containsRemainsOf → Leland Stanford ⓘ
subject surface form: Stanford Mausoleum
Stanford Mausoleum, Stanford University campus, California → dedicatedTo → Leland Stanford ⓘ
subject surface form: Stanford Mausoleum
Central Pacific Railroad → foundedBy → Leland Stanford ⓘ
California Hall of Fame → inducteesInclude → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Stanford Mausoleum → finalRestingPlaceOf → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Stanford Mausoleum → hasOccupant → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Leland → notableBearer → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Leland → birthName → Leland Stanford ⓘ
subject surface form: Leland Stanford
this entity surface form: Amasa Leland Stanford
Leland Stanford Jr. → father → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Leland Stanford Jr. → namedAfter → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Leland Stanford Jr. → onlyChildOf → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Collis P. Huntington → businessPartner → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Golden Spike ceremony → presidedOverBy → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Golden Spike ceremony → attendee → Leland Stanford ⓘ
golden spike ceremony → attendee → Leland Stanford ⓘ
subject surface form: Golden Spike Ceremony
golden spike ceremony → attendeeRole → Leland Stanford ⓘ
subject surface form: Golden Spike Ceremony
this entity surface form: Leland Stanford was president of the Central Pacific Railroad
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop → coFounderWith → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop → spouse → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Edward Ball → mainSubject → Leland Stanford ⓘ
subject surface form: The Inventor and the Tycoon
SP → formedBy → Leland Stanford ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Pacific Railroad
Mark Hopkins → businessPartner → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Stanford University buildings (early campus work) → commissionedBy → Leland Stanford ⓘ
Eadweard Muybridge → collaboratedWith → Leland Stanford ⓘ