Victor V. Boatner

Victor V. Boatner

Infobox Person
name=Victor Vincent Boatner
birth_date=birth date|1881|5|6|mf=y
birth_place=Bethlehem, Mississippi
death_date=death date and age|1950|2|11|1881|5|6|mf=y
death_place=Chicago, Illinois

Victor Vincent Boatner (May 6, 1881 – February 11, 1950) was an American railroad executive. He was born in Bethlehem, Mississippi on May 6, 1881. Boatner rose through the ranks of the Illinois Central Railroad until 1921, when he was elected the president of the Peoria and Pekin Union Railway. He accepted the presidency of the Chicago Great Western Railway in 1929 ["Chicago Daily Tribune" October 8, 1929.] and headed that railroad until his ouster in 1931. He worked as a railway consultant until his death in Chicago in 1950. ["Chicago Daily Tribune" February 12, 1950.]

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