List of Corporators of the Union Pacific Railroad Co.

The Union Pacific Railroad under the leadership of Dr. Thomas Durant was in many ways the antithesis of Theodore Judah’s initial promotion of the Central Pacific. Where Judah made reasoned arguments, Durant wanted to show the Union Pacific’s strength through its leadership to give investors confidence in the project. One way to do that was with this list of founding corporators [sic], which was a who’s who of the business and political world.