Edwin C. Burleigh
Edwin C. Burleigh | |
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| United States Senator fromMaine | |
| In office March 4, 1913 – June 16, 1916 | |
| Preceded by | Obadiah Gardner |
| Succeeded by | Bert M. Fernald |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaine's3rddistrict | |
| In office June 21, 1897 – March 3, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | Seth L. Milliken |
| Succeeded by | Samuel W. Gould |
| 42ndGovernor of Maine | |
| In office January 2, 1889 – January 4, 1893 | |
| Preceded by | Sebastian S. Marble |
| Succeeded by | Henry B. Cleaves |
| 25thTreasurer of Maine | |
| In office 1885–1887 | |
| Governor | Frederick Robie |
| Preceded by | Samual A. Holbrook |
| Succeeded by | George L. Beal |
| Member of theMaine House of Representatives | |
| In office 1878 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edwin Chick Burleigh November 27, 1843 Linneus, Maine,U.S. |
| Died | June 16, 1916(aged 72) Augusta, Maine,U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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Edwin Chick Burleigh(November 27, 1843 – June 16, 1916) was an American politician who served as the 42ndGovernor of Mainefrom 1889 to 1893. A member of theRepublican Party,he went on to hold federal office, first in theUnited States House of RepresentativesforMaine's 3rd congressional district(1897–1911) and later in theUnited States Senate(1913–1916).
Life and career
[edit]Burleigh was born on November 27, 1843, inLinneus, Maine,the son of Caroline Peabody (Chick) and Parker Prescott Burleigh.[1]He attended the common schools andHoulton Academybefore becoming a teacher himself. He also worked as a surveyor and farmer before entering government. He served first as a clerk in the stateadjutant general's office and then was clerk in the state land office atBangor, Mainefrom 1870 to 1876. He moved toAugusta, Maineand became the state land agent from 1876 to 1878 and an assistant clerk in theMaine House of Representativesuntil 1878. He then served four years (1880–1884) in the office of the Maine State Treasurer before becoming Maine State Treasurer himself in 1884 and serving for four years. During this time he also became principal owner of theKennebec Journalnewspaper. His great grandson is currently a writer for the paper.
In 1889, he was elected the42ndGovernor of Maine,a position he held for three years subsequent. He was elected to theUnited States House of Representativesin 1897 to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofSeth L. Millikenand served in that body for 14 years.[2]Unsuccessful in his campaign for reelection in 1910 he returned to business for three years until he was elected to theUnited States Senatein 1912. He served until his death three years later in Augusta, Maine in 1916.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon December 14, 2020.RetrievedJuly 8,2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903".GovInfo.gov.U.S. Government Printing Office. November 9, 1903. p. 44.RetrievedJuly 2,2023.
Sources and external links
[edit]- United States Congress."Edwin C. Burleigh (id: B001105)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Burleigh family of Linneus
- Bio of Edwin C. Burleigh, as found inRepresentative Men of Maine(1893)
- Edwin C. Burleigh, late a senator from Maine, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1917
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