Joseph K. Edgerton | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's10th district | |
| In office 1863–1865 | |
| Preceded by | William Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | Joseph H. Defrees |
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| Born | Joseph Ketchum Edgerton (1818-02-16)February 16, 1818 Vergennes, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | August 25, 1893(1893-08-25) (aged 75) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Fort Wayne's Lindenwood Cemetery |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Relatives | Alfred Peck Edgerton (brother) |
Joseph Ketchum Edgerton (February 16, 1818 – August 25, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative fromIndiana from 1863 to 1865.
Born inVergennes, Vermont, Edgerton attended the public schools ofClinton County, New York. He graduated from Plattsburgh Academy, which his older brotherAlfred Peck Edgerton had also attended. Joseph Edgerton read the law with an established firm and wasadmitted to the bar.
In 1839 he commenced practice inNew York City. In 1844 Edgerton moved toFort Wayne, Indiana, where he continued to practice.
In 1854 he became a member of the board of directors for theFort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, and later was selected as its president. Edgerton also served as president of theGrand Rapids and Indiana Railroad and theOhio Railroad, which were constructed to connect major cities of the Midwest, especially the booming industrial city of Chicago, through which many natural resources flowed to the East.
ADemocrat, Edgerton was elected to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1862 and served in theThirty-eighth Congress, March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1865. His vote on theThirteenth Amendment is recorded as nay. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 and returned to his business interests.
Edgerton died inBoston, Massachusetts, on August 25, 1893. His body was returned to Indiana, where he was interred at Fort Wayne's Lindenwood Cemetery.
His older brotherAlfred Peck Edgerton was elected to Congress for two terms from Ohio. After his death in 1897, his family arranged for his burial to also occur in Lindenwood Cemetery.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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