Edward Michael Irwin (April 14, 1869 – January 30, 1933) was a

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from

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. Born near

Leasburg, Missouri Leasburg is a village in Crawford County, Missouri, United States. The population was 338 at the 2010 census. In 2006, this neighborhood was rated #1 most walkable small city in the country by Neighborhood Scout, a national company that provides i ...

, Irwin attended the public schools of his native city. He taught school in

and also attended the

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. He was graduated from

Missouri Medical College Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) is the medical school of Washington University in St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1891, the School of Medicine has 1,260 students, 604 of which are pursuing a medical degree with o ...

at St. Louis in 1892. Irwin moved to

New Athens, Illinois ::''See also Athens, Illinois and Athens (disambiguation) for more places called "Athens".'' New Athens () is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. Based upon common usage, the 'A' is always sounded with a long vowel, rather t ...

in the same year and commenced the practice of

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. He served as chairman of the Republican county central committee from 1898 to 1924. He moved to

Belleville, Illinois Belleville is a city and the county seat of St. Clair County, Illinois, coterminous with the now defunct Belleville Township. It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville and the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. The p ...

in 1903 and continued the practice of medicine. In addition, he served as Coroner of St. Clair County from 1904 to 1908. Irwin was elected president of the Belleville Bank Trust Co. in 1910. He served as a delegate to the

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in 1920. Irwin was elected as a

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to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931). He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Seventy-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the

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. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of his profession. He died in

on January 30, 1933, and was buried in Green Mount Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Irwin, Edward Michael 1869 births 1933 deaths University of Missouri alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois People from Crawford County, Missouri