Edward Webster LeRoy (January 30, 1874 – January 1, 1940) was an American newspaper editor and politician. Edward Webster LeRoy was born in

Marinette, Wisconsin Marinette is a city in and the county seat of Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on the south bank of the Menominee River, at its mouth at Green Bay, part of Lake Michigan; to the north is Stephenson Island, part of the ...

on January 30, 1874.''Wisconsin Blue Book 1909,'' Biographical Sketch of Edward Webster Le Roy, p. 1127
/ref> He attended the public schools in Marinette and was the editor of the ''Daily Eagle'' and later the ''Daily Eagle-Star.'' LeRoy served in the

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in 1903, 1905, 1907, and 1909 as a Republican. He was nominated for postmaster by

President Coolidge Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Born in Vermont, Coolidge was a Republican lawyer from New England who climbed up the ladder of Mas ...

in 1924. LeRoy died suddenly in Marinette on January 1, 1940.Former Editor Dies In Marinette at 65, ''Racine Journal Times,'' January 2, 1940, pg. 6

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1874 births 1940 deaths People from Marinette, Wisconsin Editors of Wisconsin newspapers Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1870s-stub