LC control no. | no 95043580 |
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Personal name heading | Conger, Edwin H. (Edwin Hurd), 1843-1907 |
Variant(s) | Conger, E. H. (Edwin Hurd), 1843-1907 |
Found in | President's veto of Dependent Soldiers Pension Bill, 1887: caption title (Hon. E.H. Conger of Iowa) OCLC, 8/25/95 (hdg.: Conger, Edwin Hurd, 1843-1907; usage: Edwin H. Conger) Bio. dir. Am. Con., 1961 (Conger, Edwin Hurd; Republican Representative from Iowa; b. Knox Co., Ill., Mar. 7, 1843; served in the Union Army; practiced law in Galesburg, Ill., from 1866 until 1868, when he moved to Dexter, Iowa, where he engaged in banking and agricultural pursuits; elected Treasurer of Dallas Co. in 1877 and 1879; elected State Treasurer in 1880 and 1882; served in 49th-51st Congresses, Mar. 4, 1885-Oct. 3, 1890, when he resigned to accept appointment as Minister to Brazil (Sept. 27, 1890-Sept. 13, 1893); Minister to China, 1898-1905; Minister to Mexico, Mar. 8-Oct. 18, 1905; d. Los Angeles Co., Calif., May 18, 1907) |