Andrew Johnson was president when the transcontinental railroad was started. It was completed in 1869 when U.S. Grant was president.
The Transcontinental Railroad was completed on May 10, 1869. Ulysses S Grant was President of the United States.
Ulysses Grant was the US president when the transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869.
Transcontinental Railroad
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Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental railroad was completed in a ceremony in the Utah Territory in 1869. The railway enabled travel from the US east coast to the west coast.
The year was 1803 and Jefferson was the US President that completed the deal.
The first railroad to connect the east and west coasts of the US was the First Transcontinental Railroad, completed in 1869. The project linked the Central Pacific Railroad from the west and the Union Pacific Railroad from the east at Promontory Summit, Utah.
Franklin Pierce was the US President when the Gadsden Purchase was made in 1853.
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No. The transcontinental line was completed in 1869, which was four decades plus after the first railroads began operating in the US. Before this railroad was made there were already many other railroads in the eastern United States, but there were so many travelers to the west that the government wanted to make it easier for people to move out west with the Transcontinental Railroad.
Andrew Jackson was the President in 1830 when the first US railroad , the B & O opened for business. Jackson was also the first sitting President to take a train ride.