Reading Company - Company Officers

Company Officers

The presidents of the Reading were as follows:

  • Elihu Chauncey, 1834–1842
  • William F. Emlen, 1842–1843
  • John Cryder, 1843–1844
  • John Tucker, 1844–1856
  • Robert D. Cullen, 1856–1860
  • Asa Whitney, 1860–1861
  • Charles E. Smith, 1861–1869
  • Franklin B. Gowen, 1869–1884
  • Frank S. Bond, 1881–1882 (Elected president when Gowen's leadership was contested)
  • George DeBenneville Keim, 1884–1887
  • Austin Corbin, 1887–1890
  • Archibald A. McLeod, 1890–1893
  • Joseph Smith Harris, 1893–1901
  • George Frederick Baer, 1901–1914
  • Theodore Voorhees, 1914–1916
  • Agnew Dice, 1916–1932
  • Charles H. Ewing, 1932–1935
  • Edward W. Scheer, 1935–1944
  • Revelle W. Brown, 1944–1952
  • Joseph A. Fisher, 1952–1960
  • E. Paul Gangewere, 1960–1964
  • Charles E. Bertrand, 1964–1976

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