Edward Lawrence Logan
Edward Lawrence Logan (born January 20, 1875 in South Boston , Massachusetts , † July 6, 1939 in Boston , Massachusetts) was an American lieutenant general in the Massachusetts National Guard , politician and lawyer .
Life
Youth, studies and military service
Logan was born to Lawrence Logan and Catherine M. Logan (née O'Conner) and grew up with four brothers in South Boston. From 1894 he went to Harvard College , which he left in 1897 with a degree. He was then accepted into the 9th Infantry Regiment of the Massachusetts National Guard and was deployed in Cuba after several promotions in the Spanish-American War . On his return he enrolled at Harvard to study law and graduated in 1901. He then devoted himself to a brief political career.
First political mandates
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In 1899 he successfully ran for his first political mandate, a seat on the Boston City Council . He gave up this seat in 1900 and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1901 and 1902 . In 1905 he was elected to the Senate of his state (Senator 1906-1907), in addition he had tried in 1906 to become a member of Congress in Washington, DC for the Democratic Party , but this election was unsuccessful.
After serving two years in the Massachusetts Senate, Logan began working as an associate judge on the Municipal Court for the South Boston District in 1907 ; he was to hold this seat beyond his military career and for the next 25 years.
Regimental commander and service in the First World War
After serving in the war, Logan left the military in 1899, but re-enrolled in 1901 and was promoted to the 9th Infantry Regiment - with which he had already served in the war. In 1909 and 1910 he was employed as aide-de-camp (comparable to an adjutant as an advisor on military matters) to the governor's staff. In February 2011 he had first become a major , in May 1912 he was promoted to colonel and he was also commander of the regiment. The First World War began in 1914 , during which the United States initially remained neutral. That changed in 1917 with the sinking of the Lusitania by a submarine of the Imperial Navy of the German Empire . The entry of the United States into the war meant for Logan's regiment that it first moved from the executive branch of the state of Massachusetts to the subordination of the United States Army , renamed the 101st Infantry Regiment and at the same time subordinated to the 26th Infantry Division . The division was then transferred to France and, under Logan's leadership, participated in the further course of the war until the armistice in November 1918.
In April 1919, about half a year after the end of the war, the regiment again switched back to the status of a National Guard Association, with Logan's mandate to organize this changeover. In January 1921 he was promoted to Brigadier General by the Governor and later US President Calvin Coolidge because of his services and took command of the 1st Brigade of the National Guard. In March 1923, the National Guard units were reorganized again, bundled under the command of a 26th Division, and Logan appointed its first commander. Associated with it was his promotion to major general .
Next life
Logan remained in the National Guard until 1929 and was promoted to Lieutenant General by the State of Massachusetts upon retirement in recognition of his military merits and length of service in the armed forces , and was the first and only holder of that rank at the time of his promotion . In the last years of his life he campaigned for veterans , in which he was elected President of the National Guard Association of the United States ; since 1920 he also held the post of State Commander of the American Legion . He died in Boston on July 6, 1939 at the age of 64.
Logan was married and had three children. His brother Francis V. Logan was Brigadier General and Commander of the 52nd Infantry Brigade of the Massachusetts National Guard in 1939 .
Trivia
In honor of Logan, Boston International Airport was renamed Boston-Logan International Airport in 1943 .
Web links
- Edward Lawrence Logan at The Political Graveyard
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d William Woodward et al .: Class of 1898 - Quindecennial Report . Ed .: Harvard College. Cambridge, Massachusetts June 1913, p. 249 (English, archive.org [accessed April 12, 2020] the entry was written by Logan himself).
- ↑ a b c d e Gen. Logan, YD Leader In War, This . In: Hartford Courant . Hartford , Connecticut July 7, 1939, pp. 9 (English, newspapers.com [accessed April 12, 2020]).
- ↑ Tom Acitelli, Mary Meisenzahl: The ultimate guide to Boston's Logan Airport. In: Curbed Boston. December 14, 2018, accessed April 12, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Logan, Edward Lawrence |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American general and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South Boston |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1939 |
| Place of death | Boston |