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| Affiliation | People's Party (Populist) |
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| Name | Edwin R. Ridgely |
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Pittsburg, Kansas , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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May 09, 1844
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| Died | April 23, 1927
(82 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | RIDGELY, Edwin Reed, a Representative from Kansas; born near Lancaster, Wabash County, Ill., May 9, 1844; attended district school in the winter months; during the Civil War enlisted as a private in Company C, One Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in 1862; promoted to sergeant and served until the end of the war; moved to Girard, Kans., in 1869 and engaged in general merchandising and in agricultural pursuits; left the Republican Party in 1876 because of its financial policy; lived in Ogden, Utah, from 1889 to 1893 and then returned to Kansas; elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901); was not a candidate for renomination in 1900; resumed agricultural pursuits in Mulberry, Crawford County, Kans.; died in Girard, Kans., April 23, 1927; interment in Girard Cemetery.
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