Mark Hopkins Jr.
Mark Hopkins Jr. | |
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Photo by I. W. Taber | |
| Born | September 3, 1813 |
| Died | March 29, 1878 (aged 64) Yuma, Arizona, US |
| Resting place | Sacramento, California |
| Occupations | Railroad investor & treasurer |
| Employer | Central Pacific Railroad |
| Known for | First transcontinental railroad |
| Political party | Whig, Free Soil & Republican |
| Spouse | Mary Frances Sherwood Hopkins |
| Parent(s) | Mark Hopkins (1779–1828) Anastasia Lukens Kellogg (1780–1837) |
Mark Hopkins Jr. (September 3, 1813 – March 29, 1878) was an American railroad executive. He was one of four principal investors that funded Theodore D. Judah's idea of building a railway over the Sierra Nevada from Sacramento, California, to Promontory, Utah. They formed the Central Pacific Railroad along with Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Collis Huntington in 1861.