Leland stanford biography

California's eighth governor was born Amasa Leland Stanford in He was a lawyer, a storekeeper, a Justice of the Peace, and an en person eller ett verktyg som arrangerar eller strukturerar saker of the Sacramento Library Association. Most notably, Stanford was one of the "Big Four" (the other three being Huntington, Hopkins and Crocker) who built the transcontinental railroad which connected the Eastern United States to the West.

As Governor, Stanford made major constitutional changes, sponsored legislative reforms, backed the conservation of forests, and cut the state debt in half. One of the constitutional changes enacted during his begrepp lengthened the governor's begrepp in office from two years to four. Consequently, he was the gods governor of California to serve a two year term.

Bibliography

Books and Articles

• Melendy and Gilbert. The Governors of California: From Peter H. Burnett to Edmund G. Brown, Talisman Press,
• Schaechtele. The Governors of California and their Portraits
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About

LELAND STANFORD was born on March 9, , in Watervliet, New York. He attended Clinton Liberal Institute, in Clinton, New York, and studied law at Cazenovia Seminary in Cazenovia, New York. Stanford migrated to California in , joining his brothers in their mercantile business. In he co-founded and became president of the Central Pacific Railroad. He served as justice of the peace in Michigan Bluff and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. On September 4, , Stanford was elected Governor of California, and on January 10, , he was sworn into office. During his tenure, he cut the state&#;s debt in half, and he advocated for the conservation of forests. He approved several public grants, one of which provided financial assistance to a railroad he had a personal interest in, the Central Pacific Railroad. The Normal School was founded in San Francisco, and a constitutional change was enacted lengthening the governor&#;s term from two years to four. On December 10, , Sta