Businessmen Collis Potter Huntington

Collis Potter Huntington

Living place: Connecticut

Birthday: 22-10-1821

Global rank: #75297

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Who is Businessmen Collis Potter Huntington?
American businessman considered one of the "Big Four" who built the Central Pacific Railroad, the rail network which completed North America's first transcontinental railroad. He was also responsible for the development of other major railroads, including the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad.
By developing the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, he helped Guyandotte, West Virginia expand into a new city, named Huntington in his honor.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He began working as a traveling salesman at age 16 and co-founded a joint store with his brother in 1842. He later moved to Sacramento, California at the beginning of the craze. yellow.

Family life info

He was married to Elizabeth Stillman Stoddard from 1844 until her death in 1883 and then remarried Arabella D. Worsham in 1884. He had nine children.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Businessmen Collis Potter Huntington?
He is considered one of the "Big Four" of the Western Pacific Railraod along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins Jr. and Charles Crocker.

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When was Businessmen Collis Potter Huntington born?
Collis Potter Huntington was born in 22-10-1821, death year is , at the age of 203.
Where is Businessmen Collis Potter Huntington's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Collis Potter Huntington was born in Connecticut, . is a Businessmen, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Collis Potter Huntington's global rank is 75297 and whose rank is 1056 in list of famous Businessmen.
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Events in 1821 and 22-10

Birthday Collis Potter Huntington (22-10) in history

  • Day 22-10 year 1797: Balloon operator Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first parachute jump from a hot air balloon.
  • Day 22-10 year 1836: Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
  • Day 22-10 year 1954: West Germany joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
  • Day 22-10 year 1962: President Kennedy announced an air and naval blockade of Cuba, following the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.
  • Day 22-10 year 1973: Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer Pablo Casals died in Puerto Rico, at age 96.
  • Day 22-10 year 1979: Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi, the deposed Shah of Iran, was allowed in the United States for medical treatment. This action led to the Iran hostage crisis.
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