Morris McDonald (August 1865 – May 20, 1938), was an American railroad executive. McDonald was born in

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. He began his railroad career with the Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railway in 1885. He later worked for the

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and was appointed General Superintendent of the Maine Central Railroad in 1897. He was President of the Boston & Maine Railroad from 1913 to 1914. He resigned that position, and then served as President of the Maine Central until he retired in 1932. McDonald died on May 20, 1938, in Portland, Maine.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McDonald, Morris Boston and Maine Railroad Maine Central Railroad 1865 births 1938 deaths 19th-century American railroad executives 20th-century American railroad executives People from New Albany, Indiana

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