John Mifflin Hood

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John Mifflin Hood
Born	(1843-04-05)April 5, 1843 Bowling Green, Howard County, Maryland (near Sykesville)
Died	December 17, 1906(1906-12-17) (aged 63) Baltimore, Maryland
Burial place	Druid Ridge Cemetery
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Railroad construction engineer and later executive
Years active	1865-1874, 1874-1906
Known for	Western Maryland Railway (WMRR), United Railways and Electric Company (UREC) (electric streetcars system in Baltimore metro area)
Spouse	Florence Eloise Haden
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John Mifflin Hood (1843–1906) was an American railroad and electric streetcar system executive.

Hood was President of the Western Maryland Railway from 1874 to 1901. In 1901-1902, he became President of United Railways and Electric Company, a streetcar system company in the Baltimore metropolitan area. As the head of the UREC system at the turn of the 20th century, he oversaw completion of the massive construction project of the Pratt Street Power Plant.