He was born on March 4, 1826 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Judah studied engineering at [Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]? after his family moved to Troy, New York.
Theodore Judah was known as "Crazy Judah" because of his single-minded passion for driving a railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Theodore D. Judah, Died November 2, 1863.
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