Victor V. Boatner

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Victor Vincent Boatner
Born May 6, 1881
Bethlehem, Mississippi
Died February 11, 1950
Chicago, Illinois

Victor Vincent Boatner was an American railroad executive. He was born in Bethlehem, Mississippi on May 6, 1881. Boatner rose through the ranks of the Illinois Central Railroad until 1921, when he was elected the president of the Peoria and Pekin Union Railway. He accepted the presidency of the Chicago Great Western Railway in 1929^  and headed that railroad until his ouster in 1931. He worked as a railway consultant until his death in Chicago in 1950.^ 

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  1. ^  Chicago Daily Tribune October 8, 1929.
  2. ^  Chicago Daily Tribune February 12, 1950.
Preceded by
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President of Peoria and Pekin Union Railway
1921 –
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Nathaniel Lamson Howard
President of Chicago Great Western Railway
1929 – 1931
Succeeded by
Patrick H. Joyce