Edward Gilbert

Edward Gilbert (born around 1819 in Cherry Valley , Otsego County , New York , †  August 2, 1852 in Sacramento , California ) was an American politician . In 1850 and 1851 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Gilbert attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in the newspaper business. During the Mexican-American War he served as a first lieutenant in a unit from New York. In March 1847 he came to San Francisco with his troop . In the years 1847 and 1848 he was still as a soldier deputy head of the customs authorities in the port there. After the dissolution of his unit, Gilbert stayed in California, where he also worked in the newspaper business. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1849 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the state constitution.

After California joined the Union, Gilbert was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of the new state , where he took up his new mandate on September 11, 1850. Since he did not run again in the regular elections of that year, he could only end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1851 . In the meantime he had fallen out in California because of political differences with the local government. The conflict culminated in a duel between him and State Senator James William Denver . Edward Gilbert was killed in this duel on August 2, 1852.

Web links

• Edward Gilbert in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edward Gilbert in the database of Find a Grave (English)