Henry Clark Lord was the fourth president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859...

. He was born in Amherst, Massachusetts

Amherst, Massachusetts

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, the son of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

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 president Nathan Lord

Nathan Lord

Nathan Lord was a U.S. Congregational clergyman and educator. His pro-slavery views, unusual in abolitionist New England, brought him notoriety during the American Civil War....

.

In 1837, Henry enrolled at Dartmouth. He graduated in 1843 and began working as a tutor in Virginia

Virginia

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. After studying law, he was admitted to the Suffolk Bar in Boston.

He married Eliza Burret Wright of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio

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, and he moved there in the 1850s. In Ohio

Ohio

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, Lord developed a reputation as a rehabilitator of railroad lines. In the 1850s, he served as president of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad. He succeeded William F. Nast

William F. Nast

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 as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859...

 on September 24, 1868.

In August 1873, Henry Lord became the founding president of the Indianapolis Belt Railroad.

Although he was not a member, Henry Lord was a strong supporter of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

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 and a frequent contributor to the labor union's monthly journal. In November 1883, he developed throat cancer. Henry Lord died at his home in Riverside, Ohio

Riverside, Ohio

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, on March 23, 1884.