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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Edgerton, Sidney
Edgerton, Sidney, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cazenovia, N.Y., August 17, 1818; attended the country schools and the academy at Lima, N.Y., where he was later an instructor; moved to Ohio in 1844; taught in the academy at Tallmadge, Ohio, in 1844; studied law; was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1845; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Akron, Ohio, in 1846; delegate to the convention that formed the Free-Soil Party in 1848; prosecuting attorney of Summit County 1852-1856; delegate to the first Republican National Convention, which was held in Philadelphia in 1856; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863); was not a candidate for renomination in 1862; served as colonel of the Squirrel Hunters during the Civil War; appointed United States judge for the Territory of Idaho in 1863; Governor of Montana Territory in 1865 and 1866; resumed the practice of law in Akron, Ohio, where he died July 19, 1900; interment in Tallmadge Cemetery, Tallmadge, Ohio.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Edgerton, Sidney," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1118 Original Sources, accessed October 13, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D1CZNJ4AES3Z31T.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Edgerton, Sidney." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1118, Original Sources. 13 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D1CZNJ4AES3Z31T.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Edgerton, Sidney' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1118. Original Sources, retrieved 13 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D1CZNJ4AES3Z31T.
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