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=Cornelius Vanderbilt =

Born May 27, 1794... Died January 4, 1877 Born at Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York.  He lived Very poor life in New York. Dropped out of school when he was eleven.  He was raised to wealth by purchasing a boat and shipping people and produce between Staten Island and New York City.  Main business was transportation with steam boats and railways.  Upon death he was worth between 90 and 100 million dollars, then gave about 80 million to his son. (Aprox. 167.4 billion currently)  He had many battles with other big transportation people, like James Fisk.   ===Robber Baron ===

This guy was a Robber Baron. I think this because he never really did anything good for anyone accepts himself. “// Law? Who cares about the law? Hain't I got the power? // —Comment alleged to have been made by Cornelius Vanderbilt, when warned that he might be violating the law. Also, when asked if the Railroads should be run for the benefit of the public he replied, “The public will be [expletive deleted]!”


 * [[image:http://www.congressionalgoldmedal.com/images/CorneliusVanderbilttrain.jpg width="724" height="446" caption="The race is on "Admiral" Jim Fisk of the ERIE vs. Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt New York Central Lines"]] ||
 * The race is on "Admiral" Jim Fisk of the ERIE vs. Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt New York Central Lines ||

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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'">Sources-
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'">Anonymous. “Cornelius Vanderbilt.” //University of St. Francis.// http://www.stfrancis.edu/ba/ghkickul/stuwebs/bbios/biograph/vanderbi.htm (2.19.08) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'">“Business and Industry Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794-1877” //U.S.History.Com// http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h845.html (2.20.08)