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Casey Jones – Illinois Central engineer whose death in a 1900 train wreck was made famous in song and legend; Jeme Tien Yow – distinguished Chinese railroad engineer often called the Father of China's railroad; Albert Lacombe – made a railroad through Blackfoot territory; Jordan Anastasoff
48th governor of Indiana: Born in Chicago John C. Kluczynski: Feb 15, 1896: Jan 26, 1975: U.S. Congressman Born in Chicago, died in Chicago Bill Lipinski: Dec 22, 1937: U.S. Congressman Born in Chicago Boris Lushniak: Assistant Surgeon General of the United States Native of Chicago Lisa Madigan: Jul 30, 1966: Attorney General of Illinois Born ...
Oliver P. Morton, Governor of Indiana (Centerville) Harry S. New, U.S. Postmaster General (Indianapolis) Mike Pence, former congressman, former governor of Indiana, 2013–2017, and 48th vice president of the United States under Donald Trump ; Dennis Pennington, State Senator and early abolitionist (Central Barren)
Illinois Central Railroad people (17 P) K. Kountze family (12 P) L. Lehigh Valley Railroad people (9 P) Long Island Rail Road people (12 P) N. Northern Pacific ...
Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference David Davis: Mar 9, 1815: Jun 26, 1886: Appointed to US Supreme Court by Abraham Lincoln: Lived and died in Bloomington Joseph W. Fifer: Oct 28, 1840: Aug 6, 1938: 19th Governor of Illinois: Attended Illinois Wesleyan University, served as city attorney of Bloomington John Marshall Hamilton ...
A railway pioneer is someone who has made a significant contribution to the historical development of the railway (US: railroad). This definition includes locomotive engineers, railway construction engineers, operators of railway companies, major railway investors and politicians, of national and international importance for the development of rail transport.
President and CEO of Sierra Energy, President of Sierra Railroad, named an "Environmental Hero" by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, named a "Champion of Change" by the White House. E.W. "Ed" Kelley S: Indiana University, 1939 Founder, Kelley & Partners Ltd; Chairman, Steak 'n Shake; Namesake of Kelley School of Business (Indiana ...
Roger Mobley, child actor of 1960s, later a Christian pastor in Texas; Venus Raj, actress, model, beauty queen crowned Miss Indiana Teen USA 2006, Miss Indiana USA 2009, Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2010, and 4th runner-up at the Miss Universe 2010