Edwin Sylvanus Osborne

Edwin Sylvanus Osborne (born August 7, 1839 in Bethany , Wayne County , Pennsylvania , † January 1, 1900 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1891 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edwin Osborne attended public schools in his home country and then the University of Northern Pennsylvania , also in Bethany. After studying law in Albany ( New York ) and being admitted to the bar in 1860, he began to work in this profession in Wilkes-Barre . During the Civil War , he served in a Pennsylvania infantry unit that was part of the Union Army from 1862 to 1865 . He rose to major. After the war, he became a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard, where he was promoted to major general in 1870. Osborne was also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic Veterans Association , of which he became regional commander for Pennsylvania in 1883.

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1884 he won the state-wide election for the 28th seat of Pennsylvania, whereupon he succeeded Mortimer Fitzland Elliott in Washington on March 4, 1885 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1891 . Since 1889 he represented there as the successor to John Lynch the twelfth constituency of his state. In June 1888 he took part as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , at which Benjamin Harrison was nominated as a presidential candidate. In 1890 he renounced another congressional candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives ended, Osborne practiced again as a lawyer in Wilkes-Barre. In 1898 he moved to the federal capital Washington, where he died on January 1, 1900. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , Virginia .

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predecessor	Office	successor
John Lynch	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (12th constituency) March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1891	George Washington Shonk

personal data
SURNAME	Osborne, Edwin Sylvanus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 7, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bethany , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	January 1, 1900
Place of death	Washington, DC