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private letters, and instructing his business partners to destroy these letters after they were read. After the Civil War, Scott was heavily involved in investments in the fast-growing trans-Mississippi River route into Texas, with long-term plans for a southern transcontinental railway line connecting the Southern states and California. He was involved in large scale acquisition of land through a method of legal intimidation. From 1871 to 1872, Scott was briefly the president of the
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stability of the Pennsylvania Railroad throughout their partnership, and J. Edgar Thomson's paternalism. Scott, for his part, was also described as ruthless and manipulative and was willing to operate in ethical gray areas in search of greater profit. This was demonstrated in his involvement in the price-fixing cartel with executives from the Baltimore- and Ohio Railroad as well as the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, among others.
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to his pipelines, causing severe problems for the rail industry. Scott still controlled the railway to Pittsburgh, where the pipelines of Rockefeller did not extend, but the two men were unable to come to terms on transportation costs. In response, Rockefeller closed his plants in Pittsburgh, forcing
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made this difficult in 1872. Congress became unwilling to grant railroad companies land grants in the Southwestern United States. Mindful of the corruption allegations which had dogged his friend Cameron, Scott was notoriously secretive about his business dealings, conducting most of his business in
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by the melding of their opposing personality traits: Thomson was the engineer, cool, deliberate, and introverted; Scott was the financier, daring, versatile, and a publicity-seeker. In addition, they had common experiences and values, agreement on the importance of financial success, the financial
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in the aftermath of the Civil War, the Southern states needed their economy and infrastructure restored, and more investment in railroads. They had lagged behind the North in railroad miles. The Northern-based railroads competed to acquire routes and construct rail lines in the South. Federal
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with northern railroads. Scott also advised creating transportation and telegraph bureaus and arranging draft exemptions for experienced civilian mechanics and locomotive engineers, for needed military railroad operations were compromised by the loss of experienced railroad men. The next year,
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war effort. He assumed supervision of government railroads and other transportation lines. He made the movement of supplies and troops more efficient and effective for the war effort on behalf of the Union. In one instance, he engineered the movement of 25,000 troops in 24 hours from
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By 1860, when Scott became the first Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, it had expanded from a company of railway lines within Pennsylvania through the 1840s and 1850s, to a transportation empire (which it would continue to expand under his guidance from the 1860s onward).
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later challenged the Rockefeller monopoly in petroleum from his dominance of the steel industry. Just as the economy of railroads gave way to that of oil, oil in turn would face the emerging dominance of steel. During the American Civil War, the Union named a steam transport
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called on Scott for his extensive knowledge of the rail and transportation systems of the state. In May 1861, Scott received a commission as Colonel of Volunteers and placed in command of railroad and telegraph lines used by the Union armies. His friend, Secretary of War
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In his "Scott Plan" of the later 1870s, Scott proposed that the largely Democratic Southern politicians would give their votes in Congress and state legislatures for federal government subsidies to various infrastructure improvements, including in particular the
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The 1846 state charter to the Pennsylvania Railroad diffused power within the company, by giving executive authority to a committee responsible to stockholders, and not to individuals. By the 1870s, however, officers directed by
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in buying the support of newspaper editors as well as various politicians to build public support for the subsidies. The Scott Plan became part of the
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owner. He was the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1874, upon the death of his partner Thomson, until 1880. The financial
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Richard White, "Corporations, Corruption, and the Modern Lobby: A Gilded Age Story of the West and the South in Washington, D.C."
2012: 482:, had died in 1874. Scott suffered a stroke in 1878, limiting his ability to work. He died on May 21, 1881, and was buried at 2007: 1249: 752: 654: 592: 514: 368: 1639: 1589: 1010: 432: 408: 165:(December 28, 1823 – May 21, 1881) was an American businessman, railroad executive, and industrialist. In 1861, President 1652: 1623: 1123: 2027: 1110: 838: 1234: 384:
and subsequent economic depression made it impossible to finance Scott's southern transcontinental railroad plans.
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University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Traditions, Buildings and Memorials; Also a Brief Guide to Philadelphia
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in 1850 as a station agent, and by 1858 was general superintendent. Scott had been recommended for promotion by
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Despite Scott's best efforts, the Pennsylvania Railroad continued to lose money through the 1870s. Oil magnate
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railroads under his leadership played a major role in the war effort. He became the fourth president of the
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in exchange for the federal government pulling out its military forces from the South and ending the
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Ward, James A. (Spring 1975). "Power and Accountability on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1846–1878".
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Ward, James A. (January 1976). "J. Edgar Thomson And Thomas A. Scott: A Symbiotic Partnership?".
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The railroad-based economy of the United States was overtaken by the oil boom. Scott's protege
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with the Democratic Party; it settled the disputed presidential election of 1876 in favor of
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and later took a special interest in mentoring aspiring railroad employees, such as
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Later on, Scott took on the task of equipping a substantial military force for the
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Historians have explained the successful partnership of Thomas Scott and
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University Hospital: endowed beds for patients with chronic diseases.
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Rescue by Rail: Troop Transfer and the Civil War in the West, 1863
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assistance was sought by both special interest groups, but the
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Burning of Pennsylvania Railroad and Union Depot, in the
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had shifted much of his transportation of product for
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Scott to enact aggressive pay deductions of workers.
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Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Darby, Pennsylvania
The Woodlands Cemetery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States Assistant Secretary of War
Compromise of 1877

Abraham Lincoln
U.S. Assistant Secretary of War
American Civil War
Pennsylvania Railroad
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
robber baron
Compromise of 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes
Reconstruction era
University of Pennsylvania
Peters Township
Fort Loudoun
Franklin County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Herman Haupt
Andrew Carnegie
J. Edgar Thomson
J. Edgar Thomson
Abraham Lincoln
American Civil War
Andrew Curtin

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