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Edward H. Stiles
Photo of Stiles (c. 1902)
Iowa Senate
In office
1866
Iowa House of Representatives
In office
1864
Personal details
Born
Edward Holcomb Stiles

(1836-10-03)October 3, 1836
Granby, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedMay 9, 1921(1921-05-09) (aged 84)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic (before 1863)
Republican (after 1863)
Spouse
Emma M. Vernon
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(m. 1861; died 1911)​
Children6
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician
  • writer
  • judge
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Edward Holcomb Stiles (October 3, 1836 – May 9, 1921) was a lawyer, politician and writer. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives and Iowa Senate.

Early life

Edward Holcomb Stiles was born on October 3, 1836, in Granby, Connecticut. In 1856, Stiles moved to Wapello County, Iowa, and taught school the following winter. He studied law with Colonel S. W. Summers of Ottumwa, Iowa, and was admitted to the bar in 1857.[1][2]

Career

Stiles formed a partnership with Summers. In 1858, Stiles was elected a member of the Ottumwa City Council and became city counselor in 1859. In 1860, Stiles was a Democrat. He stumped for Stephen A. Douglas in Iowa alongside Henry Clay Dean for the 1860 presidential election. After the Civil War, Stiles became a Republican.[1][3] In 1861, Stiles became a county attorney.[4]

In 1863, Stiles was elected as representative in the Iowa House of Representatives for the 1864 session. In 1865, Stiles was elected to the Iowa Senate, serving in the 1866 session but ultimately resigned in 1866 after his nomination to the Republican State Convention as reporter for the Supreme Court. He was the first elected to the position of reporter of the Supreme Court. He served in the role until 1875.[1][4] Stiles published with Thomas F. Withrow four volumes of Digest of Decisions of the Supreme Court of Iowa, a history of the Supreme Court from territorial days to the date of publication, from 1874 to 1879.[1]

In 1883, Stiles ran as a Republican for the U.S. Congress, but lost to James B. Weaver. Stiles worked as a local attorney for Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad for about twenty years.[1][4] In 1886, Stiles moved to Kansas City, Missouri. He then worked as a law partner with ex-Governor Thomas T. Crittenden. He also practiced law with Judge H. C. McDougal. In 1892, Stiles was appointed as master in chancery for the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.[1][2][3] In 1894, Stiles was appointed as special master of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, St. Louis–San Francisco Railway and the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.[5] He retired in 1911 from practicing law and moved to Pasadena, California. Stiles prepared and published Recollections and Sketches of Notable Lawyers and Public Men of Early Iowa in 1916.[1][4]

Personal life

Stiles married Emma M. Vernon of Chester County, Pennsylvania, on September 19, 1861. They had six children, including Vernon, Edward, Mrs. Egbert J. Gates and Bertha V. His daughter married California state senator Egbert J. Gates. His wife died in 1911.[2][3][6]

Later in life, Stiles lived at 904 Mission Street in Pasadena.[4] Stiles died at the home of his son-in-law Egbert J. Gates on May 9, 1921, in Pasadena, California.[1][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Representative Edward Holcomb Stiles". legis.iowa.gov. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Creel, George; Slavens, John (1902). Men Who Are Making Kansas City. p. 136. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Judge E. H. Stiles Dead". Kansas City Times. May 10, 1921. p. 13. Retrieved October 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. ^ a b c d e "Judge Stiles Author of Valuable Book". South Pasadena Record. May 8, 1917. p. 7. Retrieved October 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. ^ "A Special Master". Los Angeles Herald. December 5, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved October 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  6. ^ a b "Judge Stiles Dies at the Gates Home". South Pasadena Chronicle. May 10, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved October 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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