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1. Leland Stanford

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   Leland Stanford was born in Albany, New York, in 1824. After receiving a legal education, he moved west to Wisconsin, where he practiced law before migrating to California during the Gold Rush in 1852. In California, he abandoned the legal profession to focus on mercantile endeavors, eventually establishing a significant wholesale grocery business in Sacramento.
   Stanford’s true ascent to power began with his involvement in railroad construction. In 1861, he became a founding director and, subsequently, president of the Central Pacific Railroad, one of the two…