Theodore Judah was the person who convinced the railroad officials that it was possible to build a railroad line across line across the Sierra Nevada Mountains.He is also considered as the "Father of first Transcontinental Railroads.Judah had many opportunities that the people prior to him did not have.
The answer is: Because when the Quakers came along their ideas were revolutionary.
They had successfully organized workers into unions.
Richard Nixon was not a member of the committee.
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