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Leland Stanford was president of the Southern Pacific Railroad, served as governor of California from 1862 to 1863, and was a United States senator from California from 1885 until his death in 1893. On May 14, 1868, Jane Stanford gave birth to a son, Leland Stanford, Jr., at age 39. He died at age 15 on March 13, 1884, of typhoid fever while ...
Jane Stanford is so very bad, she is good: When she finally died, two-thirds of the way through the book, I missed her. There were many other liars, notably the president of Stanford University ...
On Feb. 28, 1905, Jane Stanford enjoyed a languid day in Honolulu, one that she no doubt needed.. The last decade had been a trial for Jane. There was the death of her husband and the dispute over ...
David Starr Jordan High School in Los Angeles, California, was established in 1923; in 2020 the name was shortened to Jordan High School to remove the reference to him while keeping "Jordan" as a generic legacy name for alumni. [67] [68]
Jane Stanford, co-founder of Stanford University and wife of California governor Leland Stanford, died from strychnine poisoning in 1905. Her last recorded words were "My jaws are stiff. This is a horrible death to die." [28] Her murderer was never identified.
Cedars-Sinai Los Angeles, Mark Goodson Building (2024) Cedars-Sinai is one of the leading institutes for competitive research funding from the National Institutes of Health. As an international leader in biomedical research, it translates discoveries into successful treatments with global impact. [ 49]
America's Poison Centers (formerly known as American Association of Poison Control Centers - AAPCC) is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1958 that represents the nation's 55 poison centers. America's Poison Centers supports Poison Centers in their public health mission to prevent poisonings, provide education, conduct scientific ...
Harry N. Morse. Henry Nicholson Morse (c. 1835-1912), "bloodhound of the far west," [1] was an Old West lawman. Elected September 2, 1863 served from 1864 to 1878, as the sheriff of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office of Alameda County, California. He was a Republican.