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- Edwin O. Stanard
- 1868 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election
- List of governors of Missouri
- Missouri's 1st congressional district
- List of people from Iowa
- United States congressional delegations from Missouri
- Joseph W. McClurg
- List of United States representatives from Missouri
- Edward C. Kehr
- 43rd United States Congress
Edwin Obed Stanard (January 5, 1832 – March 11, 1914) was a nineteenth-century politician, businessman and teacher from Missouri.
Biography
Born in Newport, New Hampshire, Stanard moved to Iowa Territory with his parents in 1836, completed preparatory studies and moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1853. He taught school in Illinois in 1854 and 1855, graduated from St. Louis Commercial College in 1855, engaged in the commission business in 1856 and later in the milling business in St. Louis. Stanard was elected a Republican to be the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1871, and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1872, serving from 1873 to 1875, being unsuccessful for reelection in 1874. Afterward, he engaged in the manufacturing of flour until his death in St. Louis, Missouri on March 11, 1914. He was interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.
References
External links
United States Congress. "Edwin O. Stanard (id: S000787)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Edwin O. Stanard at Find a Grave