Edward L. Martin

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Edward Livingston Martin (born March 29, 1837 in Seaford , Delaware , † January 22, 1897 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1883 he represented the state of Delaware in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Martin was initially trained in private schools. He attended Newark Academy and then the Bolmar's Academy in West Chester ( Pennsylvania ). He then studied until 1859 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . Between 1863 and 1865 he was an administrative clerk in the Delaware Senate .

Martin became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1864 and 1884 he attended all Democratic National Conventions with one exception in 1868 . After studying law at the University of Virginia and his admission as a lawyer in 1866, he began to work in Dover in his new profession. In 1867 he returned to Seaford, where he worked in agriculture and horticulture. He was then director of the Delaware State Agriculture Committee and president of the Peninsula Horticultural Society of his home country . He also lectured at the State Grange of Delaware.

In the years 1873 to 1875 he was a member of a commission that dealt with the controversial border between the states of Delaware and New Jersey . In 1878 Martin was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he replaced James Williams on March 4, 1879 . After re-election in 1880, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1883 . In 1882 he decided not to run again.

After his time in Congress, he returned to his private, primarily agricultural, affairs. He applied for the US Senate twice without success . Together with Arthur Stilwell , Martin founded the Kansas City Suburban Belt Railway (predecessor of the Kansas City Southern Railway ) in Kansas City in 1887, which went into operation in 1890. Edward Martin died on January 22, 1897 in his native Seaford and was buried there.

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SURNAME Martin, Edward L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martin, Edward Livingston (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Seaford , Delaware
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1897
Place of death Seaford , Delaware