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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJoseph Ketchum EDGERTON
(1818-1893)
EDGERTON, Joseph Ketchum,
(brother of Alfred Peck Edgerton), a Representative from Indiana;
born in Vergennes, Addison County, Vt., February 16, 1818; attended
the public schools of Clinton County, N.Y.; studied law in
Plattsburg (N.Y.) Academy; was admitted to the bar and commenced
practice in New York City in 1839; moved to Fort Wayne, Ind., in
1844 and continued the practice of law; director of the Fort Wayne
& Chicago Railroad Co. in 1854 and later its president;
president of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Co. in 1855;
director of the Ohio & Indiana Railroad Co. in 1856; elected as
a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3,
1865); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the
Thirty-ninth Congress; died in Boston, Mass., August 25, 1893;
interment in Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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