Alfred Peck Edgerton

Alfred Peck Edgerton

Alfred Peck Edgerton (born January 11, 1813 in Plattsburgh , New York , †  May 14, 1897 in Hicksville , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1855 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Alfred Edgerton was the older brother of Congressman Joseph K. Edgerton (1818-1893) from Indiana . He attended the Plattsburg Academy and then worked for a short time in the newspaper industry. He later worked in retail in New York City . From 1837 he lived in Hicksville. He became manager of the American Land Co. and was involved in the development of new settlement land near Hicksville from 1837 to 1852. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . He served in the Ohio Senate in 1845 and 1846 .

In the congressional election of 1850 Edgerton was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Emery D. Potter on March 4, 1851 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1855 . These were shaped by the events leading up to the civil war . From 1853 he was chairman of the Committee on Claims .

In 1853, Alfred Edgerton was a financial agent for the Board of State Fund Commissioners of Ohio , based in New York. In 1857 he moved to Fort Wayne , Indiana, where he served as company manager for the Wabash & Erie Canal between 1859 and 1868 . In 1868 he returned to Ohio, where he ran unsuccessfully for the post of lieutenant governor . Edgerton held his last public office in 1885 as Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission . He died in Hicksville on May 14, 1897 and was buried in Fort Wayne.

Web links

• Alfred Peck Edgerton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Alfred Peck Edgerton in the database of Find a Grave (English)