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Edwin C. Burleigh
Edwin C. Burleigh
United States Senator; from Maine
	In office; March 4, 1913 – June 16, 1916
Preceded by	Obadiah Gardner
Succeeded by	Bert M. Fernald
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
42nd Governor of Maine
	In office; January 2, 1889 – January 4, 1893
Preceded by	Sebastian S. Marble
Succeeded by	Henry B. Cleaves
25th Treasurer of Maine
	In office; 1885–1887
Governor	Frederick Robie
Preceded by	Samual A. Holbrook
Succeeded by	George L. Beal
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
	In office; 1878
Personal details
Born	Edwin Chick Burleigh; November 27, 1843; Linneus, Maine, U.S.
Died	June 16, 1916 (aged 72); Augusta, Maine, U.S.
Political party	Republican
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Edwin Chick Burleigh (November 27, 1843 – June 16, 1916) was an American politician who served as the 42nd Governor of Maine from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he went on to hold federal office, first in the United States House of Representatives for Maine's 3rd congressional district (1897–1911) and later in the United States Senate (1913–1916).

Life and career

Burleigh was born on November 27, 1843, in Linneus, Maine, the son of Caroline Peabody (Chick) and Parker Prescott Burleigh.^[1] 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 an assistant clerk in the Maine House of Representatives until 1878. He then served four years (1880–1884) in the office of the Maine 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.^[2] 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 1912. He served until his death three years later in Augusta, Maine in 1916.

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 9, 1903. p. 44. Retrieved July 2, 2023.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Joseph R. Bodwell	Republican nominee for Governor of Maine 1888, 1890	Succeeded by Henry B. Cleaves
Political offices
Preceded by Samual A. Holbrook	Treasurer of Maine 1885–1887	Succeeded by George L. Beal
Preceded by Sebastian S. Marble	Governor of Maine 1889–1893	Succeeded by Henry B. Cleaves
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Seth Milliken	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 3rd congressional district June 21, 1897–March 3, 1911	Succeeded by Samuel W. Gould
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Obadiah Gardner	U.S. senator from Maine March 4, 1913 – June 16, 1916	Succeeded by Bert M. Fernald