Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Minor, Edward S. 
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Source: Compiled and Published under under the direction of Henry Casson
Author: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, 1897

EIGHTH DISTRICT.

Wood, Portage, Waupaca, Outagamie, Brown, Kewaunee and Door counties.
Population in 1895—205,589.

EDWARD S. MINOR (Rep.), of Sturgeon Bay, was born in Jefferson county, New 
York, in 1840. He came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1845, first settling in 
the town of Greenfield, Milwaukee county. He subsequently lived in the city of 
Milwaukee two years. He, with his parents, then settled on a farm in Sheboygan 
county. In 1857 he removed to Door county. He received his education in the 
common schools and at a private academy. In 1861 he enlisted as a private 
soldier in Company G, 2d Wisconsin volunteer cavalry, participating in all the 
raids, expeditions, engagements and battles in which the regiment took part 
during the war. He was promoted to corporal-sergeant, second and first 
lieutenant, and as such was mustered out with his regiment, December, 1865. 
After his return home from the army he became a merchant in Door county. He 
continued in this business till the spring of 1884, at which time he was 
appointed superintendent of the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, 
which position he held for seven years. He is the owner of some marine 
property, and is a licensed master of steam vessels, In connection with a large 
stone quarry he owns and operates a steam tug and two scows. Mr. Minor was 
elected to the Wisconsin assembly in 1878, and was re-elected in 1880 and 1881. 
He was elected to the state senate in 1883 and 1885, and was president pro 
tempore of that body during the latter term. He was also a member of the 
Wisconsin fish commission for four years. He has held numerous local offices at 
various times and was mayor of the city of Sturgeon Bay in 1895. He was elected 
to the Fifty-fourth Congress, receiving 19,902 votes, against 15,522 for Lyman 
E. Barnes, democrat; 330 for A. J. Larrabee, people’s party, and 919 for John 
Faville, prohibition. In 1S96 he was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress, 
receiving 26,4.1 votes, against 16,845 for George W. Cate, democrat, and 580 
for John W. Evans, prohibitionist.

Additional Comments:
The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published under
the direction of Henry Casson, Secretary of State 1897.

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