Samuel Morse Felton, Jr.
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| Samuel Morse Felton, Jr. | |
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| Born | February 3, 1853 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 11, 1930 Chicago, Illinois |
Samuel Morse Felton, Jr. (February 3, 1853 – March 11, 1930), was an American railroad executive. He was a 1873 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity.
He developed a reputation for being able to rapidly facilitate the health of ailing railroads. He had quite a career as an engineer, superintendent and general manager of several railroads before rising into the presidency of the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway. He also led the Alton Railroad, the Mexican Central Railroad, the Tennessee Central Railway and the Chicago Great Western Railway, before his own ailing health forced his retirement.
In 1880, Felton married Dora Hamilton, the daughter of a prominent Philadelphia attorney, and they had three daughters and a son. Mrs. Felton died in 1923.
[edit] External links
- Samuel Morse Felton Family Papers, 1841-1930 Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
| Preceded by Timothy B. Blackstone |
President of Chicago and Alton Railroad 1899 – 1908 |
Succeeded by ' |
| Preceded by Alpheus Beede Stickney |
President of Chicago Great Western Railway 1909 – 1925 |
Succeeded by Nathaniel Lamson Howard |
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