Thomas C. Durant, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas C. Durant

Railroad promoter, financier

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1820

Place of Birth: Lee, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 05-Oct-1885

Profession: physician, businessperson

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Thomas Clark Durant (February 6, 1820 – October 5, 1885) was an American financier and railroad promoter.
He was vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) in 1869 when it met with the Central Pacific railroad at Promontory Summit in Utah Territory.
He created the financial structure which led to the Crédit Mobilier scandal. He was successful in building railroads in the Midwest, and, after the UP was organized in 1862 by an act of Congress, John A.
Dix was elected president and Durant vice president of the company.
The burden of management and money raising was assumed by Durant, and, with much money at his disposal, he helped to secure in 1864 the passage of a bill that increased the land grants and privileges of the railroad.
He organized and at first controlled the Crédit Mobilier of America, but in 1867 he lost control of the company to brothers Oliver and Oakes Ames.
Durant continued on the directorate of the Union Pacific, however, and furiously pushed construction of the railroad until it met the Central Pacific RR on May 10, 1869.
The Ames group then procured his discharge.



Description	American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death	18 May 1822	15 January 1896
Location of birth/death	Warren County	Manhattan
Work period	from 1844 until circa 1887 date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	New York City, Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q187850 VIAF: 22965552 ISNI: 0000 0001 2209 4376 ULAN: 500126201 LCCN: n81140569 NAID: 10570155 WorldCat