Presidents of the Rock Island Railroad included:

James W. Grant, 1850- 1851.

John Bloomfield Jervis, 1851-1854.

Henry Farnam, 1854-1863.

Charles W. Durant, 1863 - 1866.

John F. Tracy, August 1866 - 1877.

Hugh Riddle, 1877- 1883

Ransom Reed Cable, 1883-1898.

Warren G. Purdy, 1898-1901

William Bateman Leeds, 1901-1904

Benjamin L. Winchell, 1904-1909.

Henry U. Mudge, December 1909-1915.

Jacob McGavock Dickinson appointed receiver trustee during bankruptcy, 1915-1917.

James E. Gorman, 1917-1933

Joseph B. Fleming, Frank Orren Lowden and James E. Gorman (until his death on

1942-03-25) appointed receiver trustees during bankruptcy, 1933 -1947

Aaron Colnon replaced Frank O. Lowden as receiver trustee on 1942-04-19.

John Dow Farrington, 1948-1955.

Downing B. Jenks, 1956-1961.

R. Ellis Johnson, 1961-1964.

Jervis Langdon, Jr, 1965-1970.

William J. Dixon, 1970-1974.

John W. Ingram, 1974 - 1975.

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