Sidney edgerton biography

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  • Sidney Edgerton (August 17, – July 19, ) was an American politician, lawyer, judge and teacher from Ohio.
  • Sidney Edgerton was an American politician, lawyer, judge and teacher from Ohio.

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    Sidney Edgerton

    American politician

    Sidney Edgerton

    In office
    June 22, &#;– July 12, [a]
    Appointed byAbraham Lincoln
    Preceded byoffice established
    Succeeded byThomas F. Meagher
    Acting Territorial Governor
    In office
    March 10, &#;– June 22,
    Appointed byAbraham Lincoln
    Preceded byoffice established
    Succeeded bySilas Woodson
    In office
    March 4, &#;– March 3,
    Preceded byBenjamin F. Leiter
    Succeeded byRufus P. Spalding
    Born()August 17,
    Cazenovia, New York, US
    DiedJuly 19, () (aged&#;81)
    Akron, Ohio, US
    Resting placeTallmadge Cemetery, Tallmadge, Ohio
    Political partyFree Soil (–)
    Republican (–)
    SpouseMary Wright Edgerton
    ChildrenMartha Edgerton Rolfe Plassmann
    ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer, Judge, Teacher
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    Sidney Edgerton (August 17, – July 19, ) was an American politician, lawyer, judge and teacher from Ohio. He served during the Ameri

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    Sidney Edgerton&#;(17 August – 19 July ) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-OH 18) from 4 March to 3 March (succeeding Benjamin F. Leiter and preceding Rufus P. Spalding) and Territorial Governor of Montana from 22 June to 12 July (preceding Thomas Francis Meagher).

    Biography[]

    Sidney Edgerton was born in Cazenovia, New York in , the son of two settlers from Connecticut; he was a sickly infant, and his parents bought begravning clothes for him, only for Sidney to ultimately survive. He moved to Ohio in and taught in Tallmadge and practiced law in Akron; originally a Methodist, he later became an agnostic. He attended the Free Soil Party convention of and served as prosecuting attorney of Summit&#;County from to , as a delegate to the Republican National Convention, and in the US House of Representatives from to He purchased a svärd to keep in his walking cane for use in self-defense, as he was an abolitionist whose life was constantly beneath threat. He was hired t

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    Archives West Finding Aid

    This collection contains general correspondence of members of the Sidney Edgerton family including letters () written while crossing the plains, and later while living in Bannack, Montana Territory. Correspondents include Sidney Edgerton, Mary Wright Edgerton, Martha "Mattie" Edgerton Rolfe, (Mary) Pauline Edgerton, Wright Prescott Edgerton, and Lucia Aurora Darling. Also included in Sidney Edgerton's papers is biographical material in the form of clippings maintained originally as a scrapbook; legal documents, including his official appointment as territorial governor; a treaty signed by Chief Victor; and a speech concerning slavery. The collection generally provides information on frontier and pioneer life, crossing the plains by covered wagon, local issues in Bannack, Montana (including information on road-agents and vigilantes), and early political organization in Montana.

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