List of Wells Fargo directors
Encyclopedia
The List of Wells Fargo Directors includes all members of the Board of Directors of the express mail
company from its founding in 1852 until the cessation of its express service in 1918. It does not include the directors of the Wells Fargo
Bank after it became a separate institution in 1905.
Express mail
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company from its founding in 1852 until the cessation of its express service in 1918. It does not include the directors of the Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by assets and the largest bank by market capitalization. Wells Fargo is the second largest bank in deposits, home...
Bank after it became a separate institution in 1905.
- Directors of Wells Fargo & Company 1852-1918
- E.G. Allen 1884
- Ashbel H. BarneyAshbel H. BarneyAshbel Holmes Barney was an American banker and expressman who served as president of Wells Fargo & Company in 1869-1870.-Early life:...
1859-1883 - Danford N. BarneyDanford N. BarneyDanford Newton Barney was an American expressman who served as president of Wells Fargo & Company from 1853 to 1866....
1853-1870 - John Bermingham 1897-1902
- John Bloodgood 1869-1870
- Charles B. Brigham 1878-79
- John Butterfield (expressman) 1867-1868
- Burns D. Caldwell 1912-1918
- Benjamin Pierce CheneyBenjamin Pierce CheneyBenjamin Pierce Cheney was an American businessman, and a founder of the firm that became American Express.-Early life:Cheney was born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire on August 12, 1815, to Jesse and Alice Cheney. The family were descended from John Cheney, who was recorded in Roxbury,...
1854-1877, 1882–1884, 1893–1895 - Benjamin Pierce Cheney, Jr.Benjamin Pierce Cheney, Jr.Benjamin Pierce Cheney, Jr. , was an American business executive. He had extensive investments in railroad securities and served as a director of Wells Fargo & Company and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad....
1895-1899 - Andrew Christeson 1899-1902, 1913–1918
- George E. Cook 1869-1870
- W.D. Cornish 1904-1909
- Charles CrockerCharles CrockerCharles Crocker was an American railroad executive.-Early years:Crocker was born in Troy, New York, to a modest family and moved to an Indiana farm at age 14. He soon became independent, working on several farms, a sawmill, and at an iron forge. In 1845 he founded a small, independent iron...
1877-1884, 1884–1888 - Charles Frederick CrockerCharles Frederick CrockerCharles Frederick Crocker , was vice president of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company.-Biography:He was born in Sacramento on December 26, 1854 to Charles Crocker.-References:...
1879-1882, 1883–1894, 1895–1897 - Frederic V.S. Crosby 1909-1910
- Prince S. Crowell 1869-1870
- H.W. De Forest 1907-1918
- Richard Delafield (expressman) 1910-1918
- D.L. Einstein 1869-1870
- Oliver Eldridge 1872-1884, 1884–1901
- Dudley Evans 1892-1894, 1894–1910
- Charles Fargo 1869-1870, 1884–1886
- J.C. Fargo 1867-1872, 1881–1884, 1885–1893
- William FargoWilliam FargoWilliam George Fargo , pioneer American expressman, was born in Pompey, New York. From the age of thirteen he had to support himself, obtaining little schooling, and for several years he was a clerk in grocery stores in Syracuse....
1852-1866, 1867–1881 - William H. Fogg 1867-1870
- Charles W. Ford 1869-1870
- Charles H. Gardiner 1900-1901
- W.F. Goad 1889-1893
- George E. Gray 1879-1910
- C.R. Greathouse 1874-1875
- James Ben Ali HagginJames Ben Ali HagginJames Ben Ali Haggin was an Turkish Americanattorney, rancher, investor and a major owner/breeder in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing...
1872-1879 - E.H. Harriman 1902-1909
- W. Averell HarrimanW. Averell HarrimanWilliam Averell Harriman was an American Democratic Party politician, businessman, and diplomat. He was the son of railroad baron E. H. Harriman. He served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harry S. Truman and later as the 48th Governor of New York...
1914-1918 - James Heron 1884
- William F. Herrin 1904-1918
- Ben HolladayBen HolladayBenjamin "Ben" Holladay was an American transportation businessman known as the "Stagecoach King" until his routes were taken over by Wells Fargo in 1866...
1867-1869 - Mark Hopkins (railroad) 1872-1878
- Bela M. Hughes 1884
- Charles J. Hughes 1884
- Collis Potter Huntington 1870-1872
- Henry E. HuntingtonHenry E. HuntingtonHenry Edwards Huntington was a railroad magnate and collector of art and rare books. Born in Oneonta, New York, Huntington settled in Los Angeles, where he owned the Pacific Electric Railway as well as substantial real estate interests...
1893-1918 - Thomas M. Janes 1856-1858
- Eugene KellyEugene KellyEugene Kelly is a Scottish musician who is a member of the group The Vaselines, a founding member of the now disbanded Eugenius and has had a number of solo releases....
1867-1870 - Homer S. King 1893-1905
- Henry Kip 1869-1870
- Stuart R. KnottStuart R. KnottStuart R. Knott was the fourth president of Kansas City Southern Railway.-References:* Kansas City Southern Historical Society, . Retrieved August 15, 2005....
1907-1909 - Julius KruttschnittJulius KruttschnittJulius Kruttschnitt was a German American railroad executive. The son of the German consul in New Orleans, he graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1873 and worked briefly as a schoolteacher before beginning his railroad career...
1904-1910 - Charles F. Latham 1863-1867
- Milton LathamMilton LathamMilton Slocum Latham was an American politician, and served as the sixth Governor of California and as a member of the federal U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Latham holds the distinction of having the shortest governorship in California history, lasting for five days between...
1870-1872 - Johnston Livingston 1852-1870
- Leonor F. LoreeLeonor F. LoreeLeonor Fresnel Loree was an executive of railroads in the United States.*Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: president 1901 - 1904*Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad president - 1904...
1910-1918 - Robert S. Lovett 1905-1907
- William Mahl 1909-1914
- John James McCookJohn James McCookJohn James McCook , was a patriarch of the Fighting McCooks, one of the most prolific families in United States Army history. Five of his sons became prominent soldiers, chaplains, or sailors, as well as eight of his nephews....
1893-1911 - James McKay (expressman) 1852-1859
- Louis McLane (expressman) 1866-1870
- Darius Ogden MillsDarius Ogden MillsDarius Ogden Mills was a prominent American banker, philanthropist and, for a time, California's wealthiest citizen.-Biography:...
1870-1874, 1875–1882 - Edwin Barber MorganEdwin Barber MorganEdwin Barber Morgan was an entrepreneur and politician from the Finger Lakes region of western New York. He was the first president of Wells Fargo & Company, founder of the United States Express Company, and director of American Express Company...
1852-1858, 1858–1867, 1868–1870 - William Norris (expressman) 1886-1892
- William I. Pardee 1854-1856
- H.B. Parsons 1904-1907
- Charles A. Peabody 1910-1918
- Alpheus Reynolds 1852-1854
- Henry D. Rice 1852-1854
- Jacob SchiffJacob SchiffJacob Henry Schiff, born Jakob Heinrich Schiff was a German-born Jewish American banker and philanthropist, who helped finance, among many other things, the Japanese military efforts against Tsarist Russia in the Russo-Japanese War.From his base on Wall Street, he was the foremost Jewish leader...
1914-1918 - Alexander M.C. Smith 1852-1854
- William SprouleWilliam SprouleWilliam Sproule was president of the Wells Fargo Express Company and later the Southern Pacific Railroad.-References:...
1910-1913 - Leland StanfordLeland StanfordAmasa Leland Stanford was an American tycoon, industrialist, robber baron, politician and founder of Stanford University.-Early years:...
1870-1884, 1884–1893 - E.A. Stedman 1910-1918
- Aaron Stein 1894-1895, 1900
- Nathan Stein 1901-1902
- N.H. Stockwell 1858-1867
- Lloyd TevisLloyd TevisLloyd Tevis was a banker and capitalist who served as president of Wells Fargo & Company from 1872 to 1892.-Early life:...
1870-1893 - Oakleigh ThorneOakleigh ThorneW.O.S. Thorne, more generally known as Oakleigh Thorne , was a publisher of tax guides who also served as a director of Wells Fargo & Company from 1902 to 1918....
1902-1918 - Frederick D. UnderwoodFrederick D. UnderwoodFrederick Douglas Underwood was president of the Erie Railroad from 1901 to 1926 and a director of Wells Fargo & Company.-Early life:...
1902-1918 - John J. Valentine, Sr.John J. Valentine, Sr.John Joseph Valentine, Sr. was an American expressman. He was the first president of Wells Fargo & Company who had not been a banker and served from 1892 until his death in 1901.-Early life:...
1882-1901 - W.T. Van Brunt 1902-1907
- A.K. Van Deventer 1909-1910
- S.A. Walker 1884
- Paul WarburgPaul WarburgPaul Moritz Warburg was a German-born American banker and early advocate of the U.S. Federal Reserve system.- Early life :...
1910-1914 - Henry WellsHenry WellsHenry Wells was an American businessman important in the history of both the American Express Company and Wells Fargo & Company.-Early life:...
1852-1867 - Elijah P. Williams 1852-1863