Henry C. Lord
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| Henry C. Lord | |
| Born | 1824-10-02 |
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| Occupation | railroad executive |
| Spouse | Eliza Burret Wright |
| Parents | Nathan Lord |
Henry C. Lord (born October 2, 1824, date of death unknown) was the fourth president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. He was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, the son of Dartmouth College president Nathan Lord.
In 1837, Henry enrolled at Dartmouth.[citation needed] He graduated and began working as a tutor in Virginia. After studying law, he was admitted to the Suffolk Bar in Boston.
He married Eliza Burret Wright of Cincinnati, and he moved there in the 1850s. In Ohio, Lord developed a reputation as a rehabilitator of railroad lines. He succeeded William F. Nast as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway on September 24, 1868.
[edit] References
- Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.
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| Preceded by William F. Nast |
President of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1868 – 1869 |
Succeeded by Henry Keyes |
