Thomas A. Scott
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 142 years ago |
Date of birth | December 28,1823 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Peters Township |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | May 21,1881 |
Died | Darby |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Buried | The Woodlands, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Job | Businessperson |
Industrialist | |
Known for | Pennsylvania Railroad |
United States | |
Compromise of 1877 | |
Founded | South Improvement Company |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2537904 |
Thomas A. Scott Life story
Thomas Alexander Scott was an American businessman, railroad executive, and industrialist. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed him to serve as U.S. Assistant Secretary of War, and during the American Civil War railroads under his leadership played a major role in the war effort.