Edward Henry Harriman (February 20, 1848 – September 9, 1909) was an American financier and railroad executive. [2][3][4] Harriman was born on February 20, 1848, in Hempstead, New York, the son of Orlando Harriman Sr., an Episcopal clergyman, and Cornelia Neilson. [3] .

Feb 21, 2025 · Edward Henry Harriman (born Feb. 25, 1848, Hempstead, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 9, 1909, near Turner, N.Y.) was an American financier and railroad magnate, one of the leading builders and organizers in the era of great railroad expansion and development of the West during the late 19th century.

Jul 25, 2024 · Edward H. Harriman was an American railroad executive and financier, known for reorganizing and consolidating various failing railway systems into well-managed, profitable enterprises. Born in 1848, Harriman began his career as a stockbroker and later became the director of the Union Pacific Railroad, turning it into a highly efficient business.

Aug 21, 2023 · The story begins at the turn of the 20th century, when Edward Henry Harriman—or E.H.—was a gilded age industrialist every bit as well-known as J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.

Edward H. Harriman (1848-1909) was a railroad financier whose Northern Securities Company tangled with President Theodore Roosevelt and lost. E. H. Harriman rose from relatively obscure origins to become one of the nation’s leading investors and railroaders.

May 11, 2018 · Edward Henry Harriman (1848-1909), executive of the Union Pacific Railroad, was one of the dominant American figures in that industry in the late 19th century. Born on Feb. 20, 1848, in Hempstead, N.Y., E. H. Harriman was raised in a relatively affluent environment.

Edward Henry Harriman was born in New Jersey in 1848. His father was an ordained deacon in the Presbyterian Church, his mother a well-connected socialite from New Jersey. Young Edward...

Edward Harriman built a fortune investing in failing railroad companies and nurturing them back to life. He also had an adventurous streak and set sail on a scientific expedition to Alaska in 1899.

Edward Henry Harriman was born in Hempstead, Long Island, New York, the son of an Episcopal minister. He attended Trinity School in New York City, and in 1860, won its top prize for scholarship. But academic pursuits could not contain him, and the next year he left school to find employment on Wall Street.

In the following essay, historian and biographer Maury Klein paints a vivid picture of E. H. Harriman's early years. Called by his middle name, Henry, the boy learned early on to speak up...