Edwin W. Higgins

Edwin W. Higgins

Edwin Werter Higgins (born July 2, 1874 in Clinton , Connecticut , †  September 24, 1954 in Norwich , Connecticut) was an American politician . From 1905 to 1913 he represented the third constituency of the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edwin Higgins attended the Norwich Free Academy . After studying law at the law school of Yale University and his admission to the bar in 1897, he began to practice in Norwich in his new profession. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . Higgins was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1899 and 1900 . From 1900 to 1905 he was a member of the state executive committee of his party. At the same time he was serving as a health officer in New London County . He served as financial advisor to the City of Norwich in 1901 and 1902 and 1919 and 1922. In 1905 he also worked as a public prosecutor in this city. In 1904 and 1916, Higgins was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions .

After Congressman Frank B. Brandegee moved to the Senate , Higgins was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 1905 by- election. There he took over his new mandate on October 2, 1905, which he was able to exercise until March 3, 1913 after three re-elections. Before the elections in 1912, he was not nominated by his party for another term in Congress .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Edwin Higgins worked again as a lawyer. During World War I , he served in the Connecticut National Guard . From 1932 to 1946 he was a district attorney at the Court of Appeal in New London County. He died in Norwich in September 1954.

Web links

• Edwin W. Higgins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edwin W. Higgins in the database of Find a Grave (English)