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19th century American politician
Edwin Montgomery
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Waushara County district
In office
January 2, 1871 – January 1, 1872
Preceded byTheophilus F. Metcalf
Succeeded byHobart Sterling Sacket
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 23rd district
In office
January 7, 1861 – January 5, 1863
Preceded byEnias D. Masters
Succeeded byJoseph Dorr Clapp
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
from the 32nd district
In office
December 6, 1852 – December 3, 1854Serving with John Garber
Preceded byDistrict established
Succeeded byStephen Prentice Yeomans
Personal details
Born(1817-05-27)May 27, 1817
Harpersfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, U.S.
DiedMarch 30, 1881(1881-03-30) (aged 63)
Resting placeHancock Cemetery, Hancock, Wisconsin
Political party
Spouse Elizabeth Brown ​(m. 1855)​
ChildrenArthur, Cora, Nellie

Edwin Montgomery (May 27, 1817 – March 30, 1881) was an American farmer, Republican politician, and pioneer of Wisconsin and Iowa. He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Jefferson County in the 1861 and 1862 legislative sessions. Earlier, he served two years in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 32nd House of Representatives district, and later in life served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Waushara County.

Biography

Edwin Montgomery was born in May 1817 in Harpersfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio. He received a common school education and came to Wisconsin in 1848, settling originally in the town of Farmington, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. He moved to Fayette County, Iowa, in 1851 and served two years in the Iowa House of Representatives as a Whig from District 32.

He returned to Wisconsin in 1855, returning to Farmington, Jefferson County. In Farmington, he was elected to the Wisconsin Senate in 1860, running on the Republican Party ticket. He did not face an opponent in the general election. He represented the 23rd Senate district, which then comprised most of Jefferson County, in the 1861 and 1862 legislative sessions.

In the spring of 1865, he moved to the village of Hancock, in Waushara County, Wisconsin, where he operated a hotel known as Hancock House. Later he moved to a nearby farm. In 1870, he was the Republican nominee for Wisconsin State Assembly in the Waushara County district, and defeated the Republican incumbent Theophilus F. Metcalf, who ran on the "people's ticket".

Personal life and family

Edwin Montgomery married Elizabeth Brown of Monroe County, Ohio, on December 22, 1855. They had at least three children.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Assembly (1870)

Wisconsin Assembly, Waushara District Election, 1870
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 8, 1870
Republican Edwin Montgomery 923 51.39% +21.63%
Independent Republican Theophilus F. Metcalf (incumbent) 873 48.61%
Plurality 50 2.78% -37.69%
Total votes 1,796 100.0% +32.64%
Republican gain from Independent Republican

References

  1. ^ "Official Directory". The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1871. p. 386.
  2. ^ "History of Waushara County". History of Northern Wisconsin. Western Historical Company. 1881. p. 1119. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
  3. "Edwin Montgomery". Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  4. "The Legislature of 1861–The Nominees of all Parties". The Daily Milwaukee News. November 4, 1860. p. 2. Retrieved May 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin 1882 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 201, 203. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
Iowa House of Representatives
New district Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 32nd district
December 6, 1852 – December 3, 1854
Served alongside: John Garber 		Succeeded byStephen Prentice Yeomans
Wisconsin State Assembly
Preceded byTheophilus F. Metcalf Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Waushara County district
January 2, 1871 – January 1, 1872 		Succeeded byHobart Sterling Sacket
Wisconsin Senate
Preceded byEnias D. Masters Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 23rd district
January 7, 1861 – January 5, 1863 		Succeeded byJoseph Dorr Clapp
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