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Edgerton, Sidney

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Edgerton, Sidney (1818–1900)

US representative and governor. As a Republican member of the US House of Representatives for Ohio, he advocated abolition of slavery and the establishment of a transcontinental railway. He was chief justice of the Idaho Territory and first governor of the Montana Territory.

He was born in Cazenovia, New York. Largely self-educated, he went to Ohio where he taught and also studied law. A firm abolitionist, he was a delegate to the Free-Soil Convention (1848) and the first Republican National Convention (1856). He resumed his law practice in Ohio after his government career.



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