Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....MINOR, EDWARD S.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. MEMBERS OF THE FIFTY-EIGHTH
CONGRESS. UNITED STATES. REPRESENTATIVES.


NINTH  CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Brown,  Door, Kewaunee,
Marinette,  Oconto  and  Outagamie  counties.
Population  in   1900-179,097.

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 of the city of Sturgeon Bay in 1S95. He was
elected to congress in 1894, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902 and
1904, receiving 19,764 votes, against 13,124 for Robt J.
McGeehan (Dem.), 667 for Joseph W. Harris (Soc Dem.), and
450 for Chas. W. Loomis (Pro.).

Additional Comments:
Erickson, Halford.  The Blue Book of the State of
Wisconsin. Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer,
1905.

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