J. Edwin Brainard

J. Edwin Brainard (born August 27, 1859 in Meriden , Connecticut , †  September 9, 1942 ) was an American politician . Between 1925 and 1929 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Connecticut.

Career

Edwin Brainard attended public schools in Branford , where he had moved with his parents when he was five. He first studied medicine. After the sudden accidental death of his father, who practiced as a doctor, he broke off his medical studies. From 1880 he lived in Meriden, where he worked for the Meriden Malleable Iron Company until 1891 . He then switched to the bicycle industry. He then worked as a salesman for Ives, Uphani and Rand . He also worked as a farmer. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1919 and 1920 .

After the resignation of Governor Hiram Bingham , Vice-Governor John H. Trumbull succeeded him in accordance with the state constitution. Brainard was elected to the post of lieutenant governor that has now become vacant. He held this office between 1925 and 1929. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . In June 1928 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Kansas City , where Herbert Hoover was nominated as a presidential candidate.

Edwin Brainard was married to Lizzie C. Bartholomew, with whom he had three sons. He died on September 9, 1942.

literature

• Elias Robert Stevenson: Connecticut history makers, containing sketches and portraits of men who have contributed to the progress of the state in manufacturing, finance, business, literature, the professions, arts and other fields of activity, volume 2. American-Republican, inc ., Waterbury, Conn., 1930, p. 121.

Web links

• J. Edwin Brainard at The Political Graveyard