Biographical Sketches:  Edward S. Minor


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The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published under
the direction of Wm. H. Froehlich, Secretary of State 1901.

page 724

REPRESENTATIVES.  EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

Wood, Portage, Waupaca, Outagamie, Brown, Kewaunee and Door Counties.
Population in 1900 -- 214,364.

EDWARD S. MINOR (Rep.), of Sturgeon Bay, was born in Jefferson County,
N. Y., in 1840.  He came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1845, first
settling in the town of Greenfield, Milwaukee 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.  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 the city of Sturgeon Bay
in 1895.  He was elected to Congress in 1894, 1896, 1898 and again in
1900, receiving 25,263 votes against 16,740 for Nathan E. Morgan
(Dem.).