Edwin Winter was president of Northern Pacific Railway

Northern Pacific Railway

The Northern Pacific Railway was a railway that operated in the west along the Canadian border of the United States. Construction began in 1870 and the main line opened all the way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific when former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in...

 in 1896 then president of Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, Brooklyn Heights Railroad

Brooklyn Heights Railroad

The Brooklyn Heights Railroad was a street railway company in the U.S. state of New York. It leased and operated the streetcar lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, but started out with the Montague Street Line, a short cable car line connecting the Wall Street Ferry with downtown Brooklyn...

 and allied companies.

He was born November 18, 1845, in Vermont

Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...

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Career

Entered railway service: 1867, since which he has been consecutively 1867 to 1870, Construction Department, Union Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....

; 1870 to 1873, contractor’s agent on construction, various railroads; 1873 to 1876, general claim agent, Chicago and North Western Railway

Chicago and North Western Railway

The Chicago and North Western Transportation Company was a Class I railroad in the Midwest United States. It was also known as the North Western. The railroad operated more than of track as of the turn of the 20th century, and over of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s...

; 1876 to 1879, general superintendent, West Wisconsin; 1879 to 1880, general superintendent, Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis Railroad; 1880 to 1881, general superintendent, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad; 1881 to November 16, 1885, assistant president; since June 6, 1888, director; November 16, 1885, to July 1896, general manager, same road; July 1896, to August 31, 1897, president, Northern Pacific Railway

Northern Pacific Railway

The Northern Pacific Railway was a railway that operated in the west along the Canadian border of the United States. Construction began in 1870 and the main line opened all the way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific when former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in...

; September 1899, president, Chicago Transfer and Clearing Company at Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

; February 1902, president, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, Brooklyn Heights Railroad

Brooklyn Heights Railroad

The Brooklyn Heights Railroad was a street railway company in the U.S. state of New York. It leased and operated the streetcar lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, but started out with the Montague Street Line, a short cable car line connecting the Wall Street Ferry with downtown Brooklyn...

and allied companies.