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Leland Stanford

1824 - 1893

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Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 – June 21, 1893) 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. Stanford became a successful merchant and wholesaler after migrating to California in 1852 during the gold rush; he built a business empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leland Stanford is the 6,443rd most popular politician (up from 7,158th in 2019), the 2,325th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,317th in 2019) and the 193rd most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Leland Stanford ranks 6,443 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Tsuchimikado, Meir Kahane, Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, and Chen Yun. After him are Luís Cabral, Luis Arce, Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, Devlet Bahçeli, Leo V, King of Armenia, and John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Leland Stanford ranks 28. Before him are Princess Francisca of Brazil, Peter Cornelius, Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, William Walker, Tokugawa Iesada, and George Speck. After him are Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, Jozef Israëls, Adolphe Monticelli, John Kerr, Levi P. Morton, and Kuno Fischer. Among people deceased in 1893, Leland Stanford ranks 20. Before him are Jules Ferry, John Tyndall, Benjamin Butler, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Abner Doubleday. After him are Ferenc Erkel, Alfredo Catalani, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, José Zorrilla, Heinrich Göbel, and Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leland Stanford ranks 2,325 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Jordan Gatling (1818), Joey Ramone (1951), Charles Duke (1935), Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749), Meir Kahane (1932), and Nick Carter (1980). After him are Gary Ridgway (1949), Flannery O'Connor (1925), Vernon L. Smith (1927), Sarah Wayne Callies (1977), Tom Regan (1938), and Michelle Rodriguez (1978).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Leland Stanford ranks 193. Before him are Richard Russell Jr. (1897), Chief Seattle (1786), Samuel Huntington (1731), John Ratcliffe (1965), Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749), and Meir Kahane (1932). After him are Nell Arthur (1837), Amy Coney Barrett (1972), Ronald Lauder (1944), Clement Greenberg (1909), Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807), and Joe Wilson (1947).

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