Ralph Peters (LIRR)

Ralph Peters (November 19, 1853 – October 9, 1923) was an American railroad executive who served as the president of the Long Island Rail Road.[1]

Early life

Peters was born in Atlanta, Georgia on November 19, 1853. He was one of nine children born to Mary Jane (née Thompson) Peters (1830–1911) and Richard Peters (1810–1889), a railroad executive who was one of the founders of Atlanta. Among his siblings was Richard, Edward, and Nellie, who also became prominent.[2]

His paternal grandfather was Richard Peters, a reporter of Decisions to the U.S. Supreme Court, and his great-grandfather was Continental Congressman Richard Peters, a Pennsylvania jurist. His maternal grandfather was Dr. Joseph Thompson, an early settler and doctor.[2]

Peters graduated from the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, with a Bachelor of Arts in 1872.[3]

Career

Peters was elected president of the LIRR in April 1905.

He died at his home on Garden City, Long Island on October 9, 1923.[1]

gollark: I assume you're about to say "well, if [POLITICAL IDEOLOGY I DISLIKE] takes over, everything will be so utterly awful that it would be better if everyone died".
gollark: I agree, but I don't think we would agree on *what*.
gollark: So in short, it would actually be very bad if we had COVID-19 but twice as infectious and with a 99% death rate, and no extant threat would come close.
gollark: That many people dying would utterly break hospitals (if anyone even turns up when they might just die from trying to treat people) and also everything else.
gollark: People would probably avoid human contact a lot more than they actually have been bothering to with COVID-19, but this hypothetical virus is twice as infectious so that would be a problem.

References
  1. "RALPH PETERS DIES OF HEART DISEASE; President of Long Island Road Was to Have Retired Nov. 19, His 70th Birthday. STRICKEN ON ARISING Company Had Developed Rapidly Since He Became Its Executive in 1905" (PDF). The New York Times. October 10, 1923. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. Black, Nellie Peters (1904). Richard Peters, His Ancestors And Descendants. 1810-1889. Atlanta, Foote & Davies. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  3. Reed, Thomas Walter (1949). History of the University of Georgia by Thomas Walter Reed; Chapter VII: The Administration of Chancellor Andrew A. Lipscomb from 1866 to 1874. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia. pp. 941–942. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
Business positions
Preceded by
William F. Potter		 President of Long Island Rail Road
1905 – 1923		 Succeeded by
Samuel Rea
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