What is Leland Stanford?
{{Infobox Governor |name = Leland Stanford |image = File:Leland Stanford c1870s.jpg |imagesize = |caption = Stanford circa 1870 |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[California]] |term_start = March 4, 1885 |term_end = June 21, 1893 |predecessor = [[James T. Farley]] |successor = [[George Clement Perkins]] |order1 = 8th |office1 = Governor of California |term_start1 = January 10, 1862 |term_end1 = December 10, 1863 |lieutenant1 = [[John F. Chellis]] |predecessor1= [[John Gately Downey]] |successor1 = [[Frederick Ferdinand Low]] |birth_name = Amasa Leland Stanford |birth_date = {{Birth date|1824|3|9|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Watervliet (town), New York|Watervliet, New York]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1893|6|21|1824|3|9}} |death_place = [[Palo Alto, California]] |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = {{marriage|[[Jane Stanford|Jane Elizabeth Lathrop]]<br>|September 30, 1850|June 21, 1893|end=his death}} |children = [[Leland Stanford Jr.]] |alma_mater = [[Cazenovia College|Cazenovia Seminary]] |profession = [[Entrepreneur]], [[politician]] |religion = |signature = Leland Stanford Signature.svg }} '''Amasa Leland Stanford''' (March 9, 1824{{spaced ndash}}June 21, 1893) was an American [[tycoon]], [[industrialist]], [[politician]]. He was also the founder of [[Stanford University]] along with his wife, [[Jane Stanford]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Burlingame | first = Dwight | title = Philanthropy in America: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia | url = https://archive.org/details/philanthropyamer00burl | publisher = ABC-CLIO | date = August 19, 2004 | page = [https://archive.org/details/philanthropyamer00burl/page/n513 456] | isbn = 978-1-57607-860-0}}</ref> He came to [[California]] with his brothers in 1852 and they were successful in selling tools and mining equipment. Leland joined with three other Sacramento merchants to form a group who called themselves “The Associates.” It was these me