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John Butterfield (November 18, 1801 – November 14, 1869) was a transportation pioneer in the mid-19th century in the American Northwest and Southwest. He founded many companies, including American Express which is still in operation today. The Butterfield Overland Mail Company was the longest stagecoach line in the world.
- November 18, 1801, Berne, New York, U.S.
- Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York, U.S.
- November 14, 1869 (aged 67), Utica, New York, U.S.
It was founded as a joint-stock corporation by the merger of the cash-in-transit companies owned by Henry Wells (Wells & Company), William G. Fargo (Livingston, Fargo & Company), and John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield & Company, the successor earlier in 1850 of Butterfield, Wasson & Company).
- 77,300 (December 2022)
- US$50.68 billion (2022)
- March 18, 1850; 173 years ago, in Buffalo, New York, U.S.
29 de jul. de 2018 · Pero el hombre que iba a unir su nombre al primer transporte a través del continente vía diligencias sería John Warren Butterfield, el típico ejemplo del pionero resuelto y emprendedor para el que no existían los obstáculos que tanto abundarían en el Oeste.
1 de sept. de 2023 · John Warren Butterfield, a stagecoach driver from New York, had been an early investor in stagecoaches and mail delivery contracts. He was one of the original investors in American Express. However, he hesitated to invest in a northern transcontinental stagecoach and mail line with fellow entrepreneur William Fargo, who along with ...
12 de ago. de 2019 · Born in Berne, New York, on November 18, 1801, John Warren Butterfield drove his first stagecoach at age 19 in Albany, New York, and then in Utica, where he would be e lected mayor in 1856. Heavily involved in mail and passenger lines in upstate New York, he organized the Butterfield, Wasson & Comp any in 1849.
Mid-19th-century stagecoach and freight line operator Butterfield founded the companies that became American Express and Wells Fargo, as well as the Overland Mail Company. It should be noted while many articles indicate his middle name was Warren, there is no primary reference to be found that supports that.
Born near Albany in November 1801, John Warren Butterfield apparently harbored an affinity for stagecoaches since his youth. He became a driver at nineteen, and by his late forties, he had laid out a regional network of coach lines and established his own company.
