Which former president drove the final "golden spike" for the Northern Pacific Railway?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Answer
Former President Ulysses S. Grant drove the final "golden spike" for the Northern Pacific Railway in western Montana on September 8, 1883. This marked the completion of the main line from the Great Lakes to the Pacific.
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