George Ray Huntington

George Ray Huntington (born September 10, 1868 in New Lisbon, Wisconsin ; died November 3, 1923 in Minneapolis ) was an American railroad manager. He was President of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. From 1922 to 1923 . Marie Railway (Soo Line).

Life

George Ray Huntington was born to George E. Huntington and Helen Smith Huntington. He had six siblings. His father was an engineer and train driver on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad (Milwaukee Road) and their predecessor companies. At the age of 14 he began to work for this railway company himself.

In 1888 he moved to Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway. Over the years he worked his way up the hierarchy. From July 1, 1909, he was then General Manager for the Soo Line and the Wisconsin Central Railway . When the railroad companies were taken over by the State Railroad Administration in 1917, he became Federal Manager for the Soo Line, the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway (DSS & A), the Copper Range Railroad and the Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer Railroad . After the end of state control in 1920, he again acted as General Manager for the Soo Line, DSS & A and the Copper Range Railroad. On March 10, 1920, he was also Vice President of the Soo Line.

On March 16, 1922, he succeeded Edmund Pennington as president of this railway company. At the same time, he also took over the presidency of Spokane International Railway and DSS & A. He also received a seat on the board of directors of Northwestern National Bank.

George Ray Huntington fell ill with food poisoning on October 19, 1923 in Spokane. He started the journey home to Minneapolis and after nearly recovering he died of a heart attack.

In 1897 he married Mattie Weatherbee. The couple had three children.

Web links

• 4 Nov 1923, Page 7 - Star Tribune at Newspapers.com. Retrieved October 17, 2019 (English, obituary). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 5 Nov 1923, Page 7 - Stevens Point Journal at Newspapers.com. Retrieved October 17, 2019 .