Edward Henry Harriman

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Edward Henry Harriman was a prominent American railroad executive and financier of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for reorganizing and expanding major railroads such as the Union Pacific.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
E. H. Harriman 10
Edward Henry Harriman canonical 6
Edward Roland Noel Harriman 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
financier ⓘ
human ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ
birthDate 1848-02-20 ⓘ
burialPlace St. John’s Episcopal Church Cemetery, Arden, New York ⓘ
causeOfDeath cardiovascular disease ⓘ
child Carol Harriman ⓘ
Edward Roland Noel Harriman ⓘ
Henry Neilson Harriman ⓘ
Mary Harriman Rumsey ⓘ
W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1909-09-09 ⓘ
educatedAt public schools in New York City ⓘ
employer Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
era Gilded Age ⓘ
Progressive Era ⓘ
familyName Harriman ⓘ
father Orlando Harriman, Sr. ⓘ
fullName Edward Henry Harriman ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
knownFor expanding the Union Pacific Railroad system ⓘ
large-scale railroad consolidation ⓘ
modernizing railroad operations ⓘ
reorganizing bankrupt railroads ⓘ
memberOf Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
middleName Henry ⓘ
mother Cornelia Neilson ⓘ
notableEvent Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899 ⓘ
notableWork development of the Oregon Short Line Railroad ⓘ
expansion of the Southern Pacific Railroad system ⓘ
reorganization of the Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
financier ⓘ
investor ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ
owned Arden estate in Orange County, New York ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hempstead, New York ⓘ
Long Island, New York ⓘ
placeOfDeath Arden, New York ⓘ
positionHeld chairman of the Southern Pacific Company ⓘ
chairman of the executive committee of the Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
president of the Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
religion Episcopalianism ⓘ
residence Arden, New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sponsored Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899 ⓘ
spouse Mary Williamson Averell ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

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Harriman State Park (New York) → namedAfter → Edward Henry Harriman ⓘ
subject linked to: Harriman State Park (part)
Village of Harriman, New York → namedAfter → Edward Henry Harriman ⓘ
Averell Harriman → parent → E. H. Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Edward Henry Harriman
Northern Securities Company → foundedBy → E. H. Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Edward Henry Harriman
Northern Securities Company → keyPerson → E. H. Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Edward Henry Harriman
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. → founder → E. H. Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Edward Henry Harriman
Mary Harriman Rumsey → father → Edward Henry Harriman ⓘ
Edward Henry Harriman → fullName → Edward Henry Harriman ⓘ
Edward Henry Harriman → child → Henry Neilson Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Edward Henry Harriman
Edward Henry Harriman → child → Edward Roland Noel Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Edward Henry Harriman
Harriman family → hasNotableMember → Edward Henry Harriman ⓘ
Harriman, New York → namedAfter → Edward Henry Harriman ⓘ
Harriman → notableBearer → E. H. Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Edward Henry Harriman
Mary Williamson Averell → spouse → E. H. Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Edward Henry Harriman
Mary Williamson Averell → partner → E. H. Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Edward Henry Harriman
Mary Williamson Averell → notableFamilyMember → E. H. Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Edward Henry Harriman
Charles Cary Rumsey → relative → E. H. Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Edward Henry Harriman
Charles Harriman Rumsey → relative → E. H. Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Edward Henry Harriman