Robert Schuyler
Robert Schuyler | |
|---|---|
| 1st President of the Illinois Central Railroad | |
| In office March 19, 1851 – July 3, 1854 | |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | William Porter Burrall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Schuyler September 16, 1798 Rhinebeck, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 15, 1855 (aged 57) Nice, France |
| Resting place | Greenridge Cemetery |
| Spouse |
Lucinda Wood (m. 1826) |
| Relations | See Schuyler family |
| Children | 6, including Robert |
| Parent(s) | Philip Jeremiah Schuyler Sarah Rutsen |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
| Occupation | President of the New York and New Haven Railroad |
Robert Schuyler or Robert Livingston Schuyler (September 16, 1798 – November 15, 1855), was a financier, steamboat operator, and railroad president who acted as the de facto head of the prominent Schuyler family during his adulthood. Schuyler was called "America's first railroad king." He had a role in America's first large-scale stock fraud on the New York and New Haven Railroad. His scandal is among the greatest scandals in Wall Street history alongside the Bernie Madoff scandal and the Richard Whitney scandal.