Leland Stanford
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Most Influential Person Across History
American politician and railroad tycoon
Why Is Leland Stanford Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Amasa Leland Stanford was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from California. He served as the 8th Governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1885 until his death in 1893. He and his wife Jane founded Stanford University, named after their late son.
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