 Born:9-Mar-1824
Birthplace:Watervliet, NY
Died:21-Jun-1893
Location of death:Palo Alto, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business, Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of Stanford University Father: Josiah Stanford
Mother: Elizabeth Phillips Stanford
Brother: Josiah Stanford (older)
Brother: Charles Stanford (d. 1885)
Brother: Thomas Welton Stanford (younger)
Wife: Jane Eliza Lathrop (b. 25-Aug-1828, m. 30-Sep-1850, d. 28-Feb-1905 murder)
Son: Leland Stanford, Jr. (b. 14-May-1868, d. 13-Mar-1884, typhoid fever)
High School: Clinton Liberal Institute, Clinton, NY
Law School: Cazenovia Seminary, Cazenovia, NY
Law School: Albany, NY
Administrator:Founder, Stanford University
US Senator, California (4-Mar-1885 to 21-Jun-1893, his death)
Governor of California (1861-63)
Southern Pacific President (1885-90)
Central Pacific President (1863)
Freemasonry
Is the subject of books:
Leland Stanford: Man of Many Careers,1971, Norman Tutorow
Leland Stanford,1967, Edwin Palmer Hoyt
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