Horace Greeley Burt (Jan 1849 – May 19, 1913) was President of Union Pacific Railroad from 1898 until 1904. He was born in

Terre Haute, Indiana Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a ...

. He began his Railway service in 1868 with Chicago and North Western Railway as a resident engineer from 1873 until 1881. He was Division superintendent from 1881 until 1887, Chief engineer from August 1887 until November 1888. He was General Manager of Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad from 1888 until 1896. He was general manager of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad from July until October 1896. He was 3rd Vice president of Chicago and North Western Railway from 1896 until 1898. He traveled around the world from 1904 until 1905. He was receiver of Chicago Great Western Railway from January until September 1909. In 1911 he was chief engineer of commission of investigation smoke abatement and electrification of railway terminals. He died in Oak Park, Illinois and is buried in

Highland Lawn Cemetery Highland Lawn Cemetery is a city-owned rural cemetery in Terre Haute, Indiana. Opened in 1884, the cemetery includes . The cemetery features a Richardsonian Romanesque chapel built by architect Jesse A. Vrydaugh in 1893 for a cost of $10,000. I ...

in Terre Haute.

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* Who Was Who in America - Volume 1, 1897-1942 1849 births 1913 deaths Union Pacific Railroad people 19th-century American railroad executives 20th-century American railroad executives {{US-rail-bio-stub