John Rufus Edie (January 14, 1814 – August 27, 1888) was an Opposition Party and
Republican
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member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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and a
United States Army
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officer in the
American Civil War
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.
Early life
John Rufus Edie was born in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Gettysburg is home to th ...
in 1814. He attended the public schools and then
Emmitsburg College in
Emmitsburg, Maryland
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. He served as principal of the Gettysburg schools for several years. Edie studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in
Somerset, Pennsylvania
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. His son, John R. Edie Junior, was an 1861 graduate of the
United States Military Academy
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at
West Point, New York
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.
Political activities
Edie served as a member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate in 1845 and 1846. He was appointed deputy attorney general in 1847 and served until 1850; afterwards serving as district attorney from 1850 to 1854.
He was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the
Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the
Thirty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in
1858
Events
January–March
* January –
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.
Civil War service
Edie was commissioned a major of the
15th Infantry Regiment on May 14, 1861; and commanded its field detachment that served in the
western theater. He frequently served as commander of the Regular Brigade in the
XIV Corps 14 Corps, 14th Corps, Fourteenth Corps, or XIV Corps may refer to:
* XIV Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
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of the
Army of the Cumberland
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History
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. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the
8th Infantry Regiment in September 1864 and brevetted colonel the same month. He served until January 1871, when he was honorably discharged. Colonel Edie then resumed the practice of law in Somerset and died there in 1888, being interred in the local Union Cemetery.
References
Sources
Retrieved on 2008-02-14
The Political Graveyard
External links
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1814 births
1888 deaths
People from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators
Union Army colonels
Pennsylvania lawyers
United States Military Academy alumni
19th-century American politicians
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