Frederick H. Billings

Frederick H. Billings was an American lawyer and financier. From 1879 to 1881 he was President of the Northern Pacific Railway.

He was born in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont, and graduated from the University of Vermont in 1844. Originally a Whig and later a Republican, from 1846 to 1848 he served as Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs to Governor Horace Eaton. He studied law and attained admission to the bar.

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