LELAND STANFORD
Amasa Leland Stanford
8th Governor of California
In office
January 10, 1862 - December 10, 1863
Lieutenant John F. Chellis
Preceded by John G. Downey
Succeeded by Frederick Low
US Senator from California
In office
1885 - 1893
Preceded by James T. Farley
Succeeded by George C. Perkins
Born March 9, 1824
Watervliet, New York
Died June 21, 1893 (aged 69)
Palo Alto, California
Political party Republican
Spouse Jane Elizabeth Lathrop
Profession Entrepreneur, politician
Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 - June 21, 1893) was an American tycoon,
politician and founder of Stanford University.
He was born in Watervliet, New York, one of eight children of Josiah and
Elizabeth Phillips Stanford. Stanford's ancestors settled in the Mohawk Valley
of New York around 1720. He attended Clinton Liberal Institute, in Clinton, New
York, and studied law at Cazenovia Seminary in Cazenovia, New York and later in
Albany. He was admitted to the bar in 1848, and then moved to Port Washington,
Wisconsin, where he began law practice with Wesley Pierce. He married Jane
Elizabeth Lathrop in Albany on September 30, 1850, the same year he was
nominated by the Whig Party as Washington County, Wisconsin, District Attorney.
He was also the founder of the newspaper in Washington County now known as the
Washington Herald.
Amasa Leland Stanford
8th Governor of California
In office
January 10, 1862 - December 10, 1863
Lieutenant John F. Chellis
Preceded by John G. Downey
Succeeded by Frederick Low
US Senator from California
In office
1885 - 1893
Preceded by James T. Farley
Succeeded by George C. Perkins
Born March 9, 1824
Watervliet, New York
Died June 21, 1893 (aged 69)
Palo Alto, California
Political party Republican
Spouse Jane Elizabeth Lathrop
Profession Entrepreneur, politician
Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 - June 21, 1893) was an American tycoon,
politician and founder of Stanford University.
He was born in Watervliet, New York, one of eight children of Josiah and
Elizabeth Phillips Stanford. Stanford's ancestors settled in the Mohawk Valley
of New York around 1720. He attended Clinton Liberal Institute, in Clinton, New
York, and studied law at Cazenovia Seminary in Cazenovia, New York and later in
Albany. He was admitted to the bar in 1848, and then moved to Port Washington,
Wisconsin, where he began law practice with Wesley Pierce. He married Jane
Elizabeth Lathrop in Albany on September 30, 1850, the same year he was
nominated by the Whig Party as Washington County, Wisconsin, District Attorney.
He was also the founder of the newspaper in Washington County now known as the
Washington Herald.