Edward K. Valentine

Edward K. Valentine

Edward Kimble Valentine (born June 1, 1843 in Keosauqua , Iowa , † April 11, 1916 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). Between 1879 and 1883 he represented the first and from 1883 to 1885 the third constituency of the state of Nebraska in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Valentine attended the public schools in his home country and then learned the printing trade. During the Civil War he served in the Union Army. In 1866 he moved to Omaha , Nebraska Territory . From 1869 to 1871 he worked as a registrar for the Land Management Board at West Point . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work there in his new profession.

In 1875, Valentine became a judge in the Nebraska Fifth Legal District. In 1878 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the first constituency of Nebraska. where he succeeded Thomas Jefferson Majors on March 4, 1879 . In 1880 he was confirmed in office and in the elections of 1882 he was re-elected to Congress , this time in the newly created third electoral district. Between 1881 and 1883 he was chairman of the Agriculture Committee . In the elections of 1884 Valentine no longer ran. Therefore, after a total of three legislative terms, he left the Congress on March 3, 1885.

Between 1890 and 1893 he held the office of Sergeant at Arms in the US Senate . He then returned to work as a lawyer at West Point. In 1908 he moved to Chicago, where he spent his old age. He died there on April 11, 1916.

Web links

• Edward K. Valentine in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edward K. Valentine in the database of Find a Grave (English)