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Career. Harriman's father-in-law was president of the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad Company, which aroused Harriman's interest in upstate New York transportation. In 1881, at age 33, Harriman acquired the small, broken-down Lake Ontario Southern Railroad.
May 11, 2018 · Edward Henry Harriman (1848-1909), executive of the Union Pacific Railroad, was one of the dominant American figures in that industry in the late 19th century. Born on Feb. 20, 1848, in Hempstead, N.Y., E. H. Harriman was raised in a relatively affluent environment.
Aug 21, 2023 · The story begins at the turn of the 20th century, when Edward Henry Harriman—or E.H.—was a gilded age industrialist every bit as well-known as J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.
To Americans living in the early twentieth century, E. H. Harriman was as familiar a name as J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie. Like his fe...
Edward Henry Harriman (born Feb. 25, 1848, Hempstead, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 9, 1909, near Turner, N.Y.) was an American financier and railroad magnate, one of the leading builders and organizers in the era of great railroad expansion and development of the West during the late 19th century.
Edward H. Harriman (1848-1909) was a railroad financier whose Northern Securities Company tangled with President Theodore Roosevelt and lost. E. H. Harriman rose from relatively obscure origins to become one of the nation’s leading investors and railroaders.
Edward Henry Harriman was born in New Jersey in 1848. His father was an ordained deacon in the Presbyterian Church, his mother a well-connected socialite from New Jersey. Young Edward...
