Edward Hawkins (January 21, 1829 in Stony Brook,

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– June 10, 1908 in Jamesport, Suffolk Co., NY) was an American manufacturer and politician from

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Life

He was the son of Daniel Shaler Hawkins (1798–1868) and Sophia (Smith) Hawkins (1802–1841). He attended the public schools, and then went to sea, becoming a ship captain. In 1870, he and his brothers began the manufacture of

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s. He was a Democratic member of the

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(1st D.) in

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, defeating his brother Simeon S. Hawkins who ran on the Republican ticket for re-election. Edward Hawkins died on June 10, 1908, at his home in Jamesport. One of his daughters was married to Congressman

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(1852–1917).

Sources

''The New York Red Book''
compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 403)
Biographical sketches of the members of the Legislature
in ''The Evening Journal Almanac'' (1891)
Simeon S. Hawkins
at Sweezey Genealogy
''Capt. Edward Hawkins''
in NYT on June 11, 1908 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkins, Edward 1829 births 1908 deaths Democratic Party New York (state) state senators People from Riverhead (town), New York 19th-century American legislators