Joseph Reinhart

Joseph W. Reinhart (1851–1911) was an American businessman who served as the twelfth president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

[1] Reinhart ascended to the Santa Fe's presidency on December 23, 1893, when he was appointed a receiver of the railroad along with John J. McCook and Joseph C. Wilson.

However, with that amount in revenues, the railroad was barely able to cover the interest on its debts and collapsed with the death of its chairman George C. Magoun.

The press needed someone to blame and quickly centered on Reinhart as the issuer of the glowing statements of solvency as little as six months previous.

[1] He was 59 years old at the time of his death, which was attributed to pneumonia and bronchitis which followed a severe cold which he caught in New York City two weeks previously.