Colonel Dudley Evans (January 27, 1838 – March 27, 1910) was an American soldier, legislator and banking executive who served as president of Wells Fargo Co. from 1902 until his death in 1910.
He served the company in Vancouver, British-Columbia and in Portland, Oregon, becoming Superintendent of the division which included the Northwestern states.
In the late 1880s, his responsibilities were expanded and in 1892 he became manager of the company and was elected Second Vice President,[2] serving in that role until 1902.
[1] A close friend of the railroad executive E. H. Harriman, Evans closely aligned Wells Fargo express lines with those of Harriman's Southern Pacific Railroad along the Pacific coast and in Mexico where Wells Fargo "took over the express business on all the railway lines in Mexico which are controlled by the Mexican Government.
"[4] Harriman had a large influence over the financial policy of the company as one of its largest shareholders,[3] and staunchly supported Evans during a 1906 stockholder fight over a more liberal distribution of earnings.