Edward H. Funston

Edward Hogue Funston

Edward H. Funston
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd district
In office
March 21, 1884 – August 2, 1894
Preceded by Dudley C. Haskell
Succeeded by Horace L. Moore
Personal details
Born (1836-09-16)September 16, 1836
New Carlisle, Ohio, U.S.
Died September 10, 1911(1911-09-10) (aged 74)
Iola, Kansas, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Anne Eliza Mitchell Funston (1843-1917) (m. 1861)
Children
Military service
Allegiance  United States of America Union
Service/branch United States Army Union Army
Years of service 1861–1865
Rank 1st Lieutenant
Unit 16th Ohio Battery

Edward Hogue Funston (September 16, 1836 – September 10, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Biography

Funston was born near New Carlisle, Ohio on September 16, 1836.[1] He attended the country schools of New Carlisle, Linden Hill Academy in Carlisle, and Marietta College.[1]

He taught school, and during the Civil War entered the Union Army in 1861 as lieutenant in the Sixteenth Ohio Battery.[1] He participated in the principal engagements along the Mississippi River and mustered out in 1865.[1]

He moved to a farm in Carlyle, Kansas in 1867.[1] Funston served as member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1873–1876) and was Speaker in 1875.[1] He served in the Kansas Senate (1880–1884), and was Senate President in 1880.[1]

Funston was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dudley C. Haskell.[1] He was reelected to the Forty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 21, 1884, to March 3, 1893.[1] He served as chairman of the Agriculture Committee (Fifty-first Congress).

He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1893 until August 2, 1894, when he was succeeded by Horace L. Moore, who successfully contested the election. After leaving Congress, Funston returned to his Kansas farm.

He died at his home in Iola, Kansas, on September 10, 1911,[1] and was interred in Iola Cemetery.[2]

Family

In 1861, Funston married 18-year-old Ann Eliza Mitchell of West Charleston, Ohio; she was a cousin of his Civil War battery commander and a great-grandniece of Daniel Boone.[3] Their children included: Frederick; James Burton; Pogue Warwick; Ella (Eckdall); Aldo; and Edward H. Jr.[3] They were also the parents of two other children, a boy and a girl, who died in infancy.[3]

Frederick Funston became a major general in the United States Army and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History.
  2. ↑ "Hon E. H. Funston Dead".
  3. 1 2 3 "Fred Funston's Restless Life of Adventure".
  4. ↑ "Major-General Frederick Funston, U.S.V.".

Sources

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Internet

See also

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Dudley C. Haskell		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd congressional district
March 21, 1884 – August 2, 1894 		Succeeded by
Horace L. Moore

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