During his eight undistinguished years in the Senate, he was praised by Benjamin Tucker's revolutionary journal Liberty for introducing bills "pregnant with the economics of anarchism." His only electoral victory came when the "win the war" platform enabled him to defeat the pro-slavery John Downey for governor. His enormous vineyards were the location of Eadweard Muybridg
During his eight undistinguished years in the Senate, he was praised by Benjamin Tucker's revolutionary journal Liberty for introducing bills "pregnant with the economics of anarchism." His only electoral victory came when the "win the war" platform enabled him to defeat the pro-slavery John Downey for governor. His enormous vineyards were the location of Eadweard Muybridge's photography projects, which this man also financed. Alongside Mark Hopkins, Collis Huntington and Charles Crocker, he formed a group known as the "Big Four," serving thirty years as president of their venture, the Central Pacific Railroad. For 10 points, name this hammerer of the Golden Spike, who founded a university in Palo Alto, California.
During his eight undistinguished years in the Senate, he was praised by Benjamin Tucker's revolutionary journal Liberty for introducing bills "pregnant with the economics of anarchism."
Amasa Leland {Stanford}