Leland Stanford promoter of the Central Pacific Railroad

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Leland Stanford promoter of the Central Pacific Railroad

… Leland Stanford moved to Port Washington Wisconsin, a city which then competed with Chicago and Milwaukee for preeminence among the ports on Lake Michigan, where he practiced law for four years. In Port Washington, Stanford started his political career, running for the office of district attorney as a Whig. He lost in the heavily Democrat environment, but his political ambitions remained intact. Having married Jane Lathrop in 1850, Leland Stanford could have stayed in Wisconsin and prospered there, had not …

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