Edwin C. Burleigh

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Edwin Chick Burleigh

42nd Governor of Maine
In office January 2, 1889 – January 4, 1893
Preceded by	Sebastian S. Marble
Succeeded by	Henry B. Cleaves
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 3rd district
In office June 21, 1897 – March 3, 1911
Preceded by	Seth L. Milliken
Succeeded by	Samuel W. Gould
United States Senator from Maine
In office March 4, 1913 – June 16, 1916
Preceded by	Obadiah Gardner
Succeeded by	Bert M. Fernald
Personal details
Born	(1843-11-27)November 27, 1843 Linneus, Maine
Died	June 16, 1916(1916-06-16) (aged 72) Augusta, Maine
Political party	Republican

Edwin Chick Burleigh (November 27, 1843 – June 16, 1916) was an American politician from the state of Maine.

Born in Linneus, Maine he attended the common schools and Houlton Academy before becoming a teacher himself. He also worked as a surveyor and farmer before entering government. He served first as a clerk in the state adjutant general's office and then was clerk in the State land office at Bangor, Maine from 1870 to 1876. He moved to Augusta, Maine and became the state land agent from 1876 to 1878 and then assistant clerk in the Maine House of Representatives in 1878. He then served four years (1880–1884) in the office of the State treasurer before becoming Maine State Treasurer himself in 1884 and serving for four years. During this time he also became principal owner of the Kennebec Journal newspaper. His great grandson is currently a writer for the paper.

In 1889 he was elected the 42nd Governor of Maine, a position he held for three years subsequent. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1897 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Seth L. Milliken and served in that body for 14 years. Unsuccessful in his campaign for reelection in 1910 he returned to business for three years until he was elected to the United States Senate in 1913. He served until his death three years later in Augusta, Maine in 1916.

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v t e Governors of Maine

W. King Williamson Ames Rose Parris Lincoln Cutler Hall Hunton Smith Dunlap Kent Fairfield Vose Kent Fairfield Kavanagh Dunn Anderson Dana Hubbard Crosby A. Morrill Wells Hamlin Williams L. Morrill Washburn Coburn Cony Chamberlain Perham Dingley Connor Garcelon Davis Plaisted Robie Bodwell Marble Burleigh Cleaves Powers Hill Cobb Fernald F. Plaisted Haines O. Curtis Milliken Parkhurst Baxter Brewster Gardiner Brann Barrows Sewall Hildreth Payne Cross N. Haskell Cross Muskie R. Haskell Clauson Reed K. Curtis Longley Brennan McKernan A. King Baldacci LePage

v t e United States Senators from Maine

Class 1	Holmes Parris Holmes Shepley Dana Williams Fairfield Moor Hamlin Nourse Hamlin Morrill Hamlin E. Hale Johnson F. Hale Brewster Payne Muskie Mitchell Snowe King

Class 2	Chandler Sprague Ruggles Evans Bradbury Fessenden Farwell Fessenden Morrill Blaine Frye Gardner Burleigh Fernald Gould White Smith Hathaway Cohen Collins

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 9200241 LCCN: n2001120188

Persondata
Name	Burleigh, Edwin C.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 27, 1843
Place of birth	Linneus, Maine
Date of death	June 16, 1916
Place of death	Augusta, Maine

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