Edwin O. Stanard
Edwin Obed Stanard | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 1st district | |
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | |
Preceded by | Erastus Wells |
Succeeded by | Edward C. Kehr |
14th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri | |
In office 1869–1871 | |
Governor | Joseph W. McClurg |
Preceded by | George Smith |
Succeeded by | Joseph J. Gravely |
Personal details | |
Born | January 5, 1832 Newport, New Hampshire, US |
Died | March 11, 1914 St. Louis, Missouri, US | (aged 82)
Political party | Republican |
Profession | Politician, businessman, teacher |
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Edwin Obed Stanard (January 5, 1832 – March 11, 1914) was a nineteenth-century politician, businessman and teacher from Missouri.
Biography[]
Born in Newport, New Hampshire, Stanard moved to Iowa Territory with his parents in 1836, completed preparatory studies and moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1853. He taught school in Illinois in 1854 and 1855, graduated from St. Louis Commercial College in 1855, engaged in the commission business in 1856 and later in the milling business in St. Louis. Stanard was elected a Republican to be the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1871, and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1872, serving from 1873 to 1875, being unsuccessful for reelection in 1874. Afterward, he engaged in the manufacturing of flour until his death in St. Louis, Missouri on March 11, 1914.[1] He was interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.
References[]
- ^ "Edwin O. Stanard, 81, Found Dead in Bed at His Home". St. Louis Star-Times. March 11, 1914. p. 2. Retrieved March 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
External links[]
- United States Congress. "Edwin O. Stanard (id: S000787)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Edwin O. Stanard at Find a Grave
- 1832 births
- 1914 deaths
- People from Newport, New Hampshire
- Missouri Republicans
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri
- Lieutenant Governors of Missouri
- American manufacturing businesspeople
- Politicians from St. Louis
- People from Iowa
- Burials at Bellefontaine Cemetery
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century American politicians
- 19th-century American businesspeople
- Missouri politician stubs