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. He later worked his way up the ranks of the

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to become its president in 1890. As president, he reinvigorated the fading railroad, laying new track, investing in

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mines, and building the grand

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. He resigned after the

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weakened the railroad, and moved to

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, where he advised railroads and entered finance.

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1844 births 1902 deaths American financiers American railroad executives Northern Pacific Railway people 19th-century American businesspeople Reading Company people {{US-business-bio-1840s-stub