Mark Hopkins Jr.

Mark Hopkins Jr.
Photo by I. W. Taber
Born(1814-09-03)September 3, 1814
DiedMarch 29, 1878(1878-03-29) (aged 64)
Resting placeSacramento, California
OccupationRailroad investor & treasurer
EmployerCentral Pacific Railroad
Known forFirst transcontinental railroad
Political partyWhig, Free Soil & Republican
SpouseMary Frances Sherwood Hopkins
Parent(s)Mark Hopkins (1779–1828)
Anastasia Lukens Kellogg (1780–1837)

Mark Hopkins Jr. (September 3, 1814 – March 29, 1878)[1] 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.

  1. ^ "Mark Hopkins | Railroad executive, philanthropist, educator | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-08-14.