Sidney Edgerton (August 17, 1818 – July 19, 1900) was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, judge and teacher from Ohio.
Born in Cazenovia, New York, Sidney Edgerton attended country schools and an academy in Lima, New York where he was later an instructor. He moved to Ohio in 1844 and taught in an academy in Tallmadge, Ohio the same year. He studied law, graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1845 and was admitted to the bar, commencing ...
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Sidney Edgerton (August 17, 1818 – July 19, 1900) was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, judge and teacher from Ohio.
Born in Cazenovia, New York, Sidney Edgerton attended country schools and an academy in Lima, New York where he was later an instructor. He moved to Ohio in 1844 and taught in an academy in Tallmadge, Ohio the same year. He studied law, graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1845 and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Akron, Ohio in 1846. He married Mary Wright (1827–1885) on May 18, 1848 with whom he would have nine children.
He was a delegate to the convention that formed the Free Soil Party in 1848, served as prosecuting attorney of Summit County, Ohio from 1852 to 1856 and was a delegate to the first Republican National Convention in 1856. Edgerton was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1858, serving from 1859 to 1863, not being a candidate for renomination in 1862.
During the Civil War, Edgerton served in...
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