Edward Deering Mansfield (August 17, 1801 —October 27, 1880), was an American author.

Biography

Mansfield was born in

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, son of Jared Mansfield. He graduated from West Point in 1818, but declined to enter the army and studied at

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, from which he graduated in 1822. In 1825 he was admitted to the Connecticut bar. He afterward removed to

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, and in 1836 became professor of constitutional law at

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. Shortly afterward, however, he abandoned the legal profession to engage in journalism, and edited successively the Cincinnati ''Chronicle'' (1836–49), ''Atlas'''' (1849–52), and '' Railroad Record'' (1854–72). While editing the ''Chronicle'' and ''Atlas'' he introduced many young writers to the public, among whom was Harriet Beecher Stowe. He was Commissioner of Statistics for the State of Ohio from 1859 to 1868 and was a member of the Société française de statistique universelle. He published: * ''Political Grammar of the United States'' (1835) * ''Life of Gen. Winfield Scott'' (1848) * ''History of the Mexican War'' (1849) * ''American Education'' (1851) * ''Memoirs of

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'' (1855) * ''A Popular Life of

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'' (1868) * ''Personal Memories'' (1870), an interesting social and political chronicle reaching to the year 1841 Mansfield died at his country home called ''Yamoyden'' near

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