Errett Lobban Cord
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Errett Lobban Cord on the cover of Time Magazine, January 18, 1932.
Errett Lobban Cord, also known as E.L. Cord (20 July, 1894 - 2 January, 1974) was a leader in United States transport during the early and middle 20th century. Cord founded Cord Automobile and owned Lycoming, Auburn Automobile and Duesenberg, amongst other holdings in shipping, railroads and department stores.
Born in Warrensburg, Missouri, he had previously been a race car driver and mechanic prior to entering into business. In 1937, he went bankrupt and settled in Nevada.
Cord owned several of the first radio and television stations in Nevada. During the 1940s he filled in for a state legislator who died in the middle of his term and again rose to fame as a politician in his later life. In 1958 he was asked to run for governor of Nevada, but he refused and never explained why. He died in Reno, Nevada from cancer in 1974.