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title: "Who was the engineer who asked Congress to pass the Transcontinental Railroad Act but died before the railroad was finished?"  
description: "Who was the engineer who asked Congress to pass the Transcontinental Railroad Act but died before the railroad was finished?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42785/who-was-the-engineer-who-asked-congress-to-pass-the-transcontinental-railroad-act-but-died-before-the-railroad-was-finished  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Who was the engineer who asked Congress to pass the Transcontinental Railroad Act but died before the railroad was finished? 

Who was the engineer who asked [Congress](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1298/the-us-will-release-chip-shortage-study-details-amid-funding-push) to pass the [Transcontinental Railroad](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42775/what-were-the-benefits-of-the-transcontinental-railroad) Act but died before the railroad was finished? \
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