Edwin Hanson Webster

Edwin Hanson Webster

Edwin Hanson Webster (born March 31, 1829 in Churchville , Harford County , Maryland , †  April 24, 1893 in Bel Air , Maryland) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1865 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edwin Webster attended Churchwill Academy and then the New London Academy in Chester County , Pennsylvania . In 1847 he graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle . After that he worked as a teacher for some time. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1851, he began to work in Bel Air in this profession. Politically, he became a member of the American Party . Between 1855 and 1859 he was a member of the Maryland Senate , of which he was President in 1858.

In the congressional elections of 1858 Webster was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded James Barroll Ricaud on March 4, 1859 . After two re-elections as a Unionist, he could remain in Congress until his resignation in July 1865 . Since 1861, this time was marked by the events of the Civil War , in which Webster participated in the years 1862 and 1863 in addition to his parliamentary activities as a colonel in an infantry unit from Maryland.

Webster's resignation came after he was appointed head of customs at the port of Baltimore. He held this position between July 27, 1865 and April 15, 1869. He then practiced again as a lawyer in Bel Air. Between 1882 and 1886 he once again headed the customs office in the port of Baltimore. He also got into the banking industry. Edwin Webster died on April 24, 1893 in Bel Air and was buried near Churchville.

Web links

• Edwin Hanson Webster in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edwin Hanson Webster in the database of Find a Grave (English)