SLOAN, Samuel, railroad president, born in Lisburn, near Belfast, Ireland, 25 December, 1817. He came to this country in infancy, was graduated at Columbia college grammar-school in 1830, was engaged as a clerk, and afterward became a merchant. He was supervisor of Kings county in 1850-'1, and state senator in 1858-'9, and was elected president of the Hudson River railroad, 13 February, 18a5, which office he retained till 1862. Subsequently for two years he was commissioner of the trunk lines of railroad to the west, as general arbitrator of railroad disputes. Mr. Sloan was elected president of the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western railroad company in 1867, which post he now (1888) holds. He is also president of the Oswego and Syracuse, Syracuse, Binghamton, and New York; Utica, Chenango, and Susquehanna Valley ; Fort Wayne and Jackson ; Green Bay, Winona, and St. Paul; and other roads.