Leland Stanford
1824 to 1893
15 documented presences
13 places
Quo Fuit places 15 dated presences for Leland Stanford across 13 places, from 1841 to 1893. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 to June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from Watervliet, New York.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Leland Stanford was documented, and when
1841 to 1845period
Cazenovia Collegeattested
“He attended Clinton Liberal Institute, in Clinton, New York, and studied law at Cazenovia Seminary in Cazenovia, New York, in 1841 to 1845.”
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1841 to 1845period
Clinton, Oneida County, New Yorkattested
“He attended Clinton Liberal Institute, in Clinton, New York, and studied law at Cazenovia Seminary in Cazenovia, New York, in 1841 to 1845.”
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1848year
Port Washington, Wisconsinattested
“After being admitted to the bar in 1848, Stanford moved with many other settlers to Port Washington, Wisconsin, where he began a law practice with Wesley Pierce.”
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1855year
Albany, New Yorkattested
“In 1855, he returned to Albany to join his wife, but found the pace too slow after the excitement of developing California.”
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1856year
Sacramentoattested
“In 1856, Stanford and his wife moved to Sacramento, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits on a large scale.”
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1860year
Chicagoattested
“In 1860, Stanford was named a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, but did not attend.”
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1869year
Alameda County, Californiaattested
“Stanford owned two wineries, the Leland Stanford Winery in Alameda County founded in 1869, and run and later inherited by his brother Josiah, and the Great Vina Ranch in Tehama County, containing what was then the largest vineyard in the…”
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1869year
Tehama County, Californiaattested
“Stanford owned two wineries, the Leland Stanford Winery in Alameda County founded in 1869, and run and later inherited by his brother Josiah, and the Great Vina Ranch in Tehama County, containing what was then the largest vineyard in the…”
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1872year
Sacramentoattested
“In 1872, Stanford commissioned the photographer Eadweard Muybridge to undertake scientific studies of the gaits of horses at a trot and gallop at the Agricultural Park racetrack in Sacramento.”
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1874year
Sacramentoattested
“Stanford moved with his family from Sacramento to San Francisco in 1874, where he assumed presidency of the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, the steamship line to Japan and China associated with the Central Pacific.”
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1874year
San Franciscoattested
“Stanford moved with his family from Sacramento to San Francisco in 1874, where he assumed presidency of the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, the steamship line to Japan and China associated with the Central Pacific.”
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1874year
Japanattested
“Stanford moved with his family from Sacramento to San Francisco in 1874, where he assumed presidency of the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, the steamship line to Japan and China associated with the Central Pacific.”
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1884year
Florenceattested
“With his wife Jane, Stanford founded Leland Stanford Junior University as a memorial for their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who died at age 15 of typhoid fever in Florence, Italy, in 1884 while on a trip to Europe.”
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1885 to 1893period
United Statesattested
“Later, Stanford served in the United States Senate from 1885 until his death in 1893.”
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21 June 1893exact date
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Places Leland Stanford is documented in
Sacramento3 presences · 1856 to 1874
Chicago1 presence · 1860Florence1 presence · 1884Japan1 presence · 1874Palo Alto, California1 presence · 1893San Francisco1 presence · 1874United States1 presence · 1885Alameda County, California1 presence · 1869
Albany, New York1 presence · 1855
Cazenovia College1 presence · 1841
Clinton, Oneida County, New York1 presence · 1841
Port Washington, Wisconsin1 presence · 1848
Other places tied to Leland Stanford in the record
In each of these, a source puts Leland Stanford and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Leland Stanford was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1836year
Lisha Kill, New Yorkmentioned
“Stanford was raised on family farms in the Lisha Kill and Roessleville (after 1836) areas of Watervliet.”
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1845year
Albany, New Yorkmentioned
“In 1845, Stanford entered the law office of Wheaton, Doolittle, and Hadley in Albany.”
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30 September 1850exact date
Albany, New Yorkmentioned
“On September 30, 1850, Stanford married Jane Elizabeth Lathrop in Albany, New York.”
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1852year
Californiamentioned
“In 1852, having lost his law library and other property to a fire, Stanford followed his five brothers to California during the California gold rush.”
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1863year
Philadelphiamentioned
“Stanford, a 4-4-0 locomotive built in 1863 by the Norris Locomotive Works in Philadelphia and brought to San Francisco by sailing vessel.”
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1863year
San Franciscomentioned
“Stanford, a 4-4-0 locomotive built in 1863 by the Norris Locomotive Works in Philadelphia and brought to San Francisco by sailing vessel.”
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1868year
Sacramentomentioned
“The Stanfords retained ownership of their mansion in Sacramento, where their only son was born in 1868.”
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10 May 1869exact date
Californiamentioned
“As head of the railroad company that built the western portion of the "First Transcontinental Railroad" from Sacramento eastward over the Sierra Nevada mountains in California to Nevada and Utah, Stanford presided at the ceremonial drivi…”
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10 May 1869exact date
Sacramentomentioned
“As head of the railroad company that built the western portion of the "First Transcontinental Railroad" from Sacramento eastward over the Sierra Nevada mountains in California to Nevada and Utah, Stanford presided at the ceremonial drivi…”
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10 May 1869exact date
Promontory, Utahmentioned
“As head of the railroad company that built the western portion of the "First Transcontinental Railroad" from Sacramento eastward over the Sierra Nevada mountains in California to Nevada and Utah, Stanford presided at the ceremonial drivi…”
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10 May 1869exact date
Nevadamentioned
“As head of the railroad company that built the western portion of the "First Transcontinental Railroad" from Sacramento eastward over the Sierra Nevada mountains in California to Nevada and Utah, Stanford presided at the ceremonial drivi…”
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1884year
Californiamentioned
“This engine is preserved at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento * El Gobernador, a 4-10-0 locomotive built in the Central Pacific shops in Sacramento in 1884.”
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1884year
Sacramentomentioned
“This engine is preserved at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento * El Gobernador, a 4-10-0 locomotive built in the Central Pacific shops in Sacramento in 1884.”
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1884year
California State Railroad Museummentioned
“This engine is preserved at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento * El Gobernador, a 4-10-0 locomotive built in the Central Pacific shops in Sacramento in 1884.”
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1885year
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