Leland Stanford

8th Governor of California
Political Party 	Republican
Term 	January 10, 1862 - December 10, 1863  (37-39)
Lieutenant Governor	John F. Chellis
Predecessor 	John G. Downey
Successor 	Frederick Low
Full Name 	Amasa Leland Stanford
Birth 	
March 9, 1824
Watervliet, New York
Father 	Josiah Stanford  (1795-1862)
Mother 	Elizabeth Phillips  (1791-1873)
Brothers 	
Josiah Stanford Jr.  (1817-1890)
Charles Stanford  (1819-1885)
Asa Phillips Stanford  (1821-1903)
DeWitt Clinton Stanford  (1826-1862)
Jerome Bonaparte Stanford  (1829-1838)
Thomas Welton Stanford  (1832-1918)
Sisters 	Elvira Stanford  (1815-1816)
Alma Mater	Cazenovia College  (1845)
Occupation	
U.S. Senator from California  (1885-1893)
Co-Founder of Stanford University  (1885)
President of the Southern Pacific Company  (1885-1890)
President of the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company  (1874-1885)
Director of Wells Fargo and Company  (1870-1884)
Founder of Pacific Life Insurance Company  (1868)
President of the Southern Pacific Railroad  (1868-1890)
President of the Central Pacific Railroad  (1861-1868)
Justice of the Peace
Store Owner
Lawyer
Death 	
June 21, 1893
Palo Alto, California
(69 years)
Marriages
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop  (1828-1905)	
Married September 30, 1850
(42 years)
Children
Amasa Leland Stanford Jr.	
Born 1868
Died 1884
(16 years)