Edmund C. Weeks

Edmund Cottle Weeks (born March 10, 1829 in Tisbury , Dukes County , Massachusetts , † April 12, 1907 in Tallahassee , Florida ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ).

biography

Early life

After Weeks accompanied his father to South America to continue his research, he studied medicine for three years at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York , his father's hometown. But his passion for seafaring, even then, prompted him to become a sailor and later to join a boat company. During the Civil War , he enlisted in the Union Navy to serve there. He later joined the Florida Cavalry, which he left with the rank of major. After the end of the war in 1865, he settled in Tallahassee.

Political career

On January 24, 1870, Weeks was sworn in as the third lieutenant governor of Florida. He was installed to end the vacancy that arose after the resignation of his predecessor William Henry Gleason . But his appointment was highly controversial. For example, Florida's Treasury Secretary Robert H. Gamble initially refused to pay Weeks his salary. On the first day at work, when Weeks headed the State Senate , most of the members left the building. The next day, another member of the Senate filled Weeks' post. Since there were even voices calling for his arrest, Weeks resigned from office on December 27th of that year. After a new election on November 8, 1870, Samuel T. Day was sworn in as the new lieutenant governor on January 31, 1871 . However, Weeks moved to the Supreme Court to sue Day there; he claimed he had usurped his office . Weeks could not get his way with his request to hold office for two more years.

Late life

Weeks later represented Leon County in Florida Parliament and also served the county as sheriff . In 1878 he ran for election to move into the US House of Representatives , but he did not succeed. In 1890 he was named US Marshal of the Northern Florida Territories by President Benjamin Harrison .

Web links

• Edmund C. Weeks in the database of Find a Grave (English)