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Edward C. McFetridge

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Edward C. McFetridge (April 15, 1836–February 26, 1914) was an American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician who served as the State Treasurer of Wisconsin.

Born in Rochester, New York, he was admitted to the New York bar. He moved to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, where he practiced law and opened a woolen mill. He served as Mayor of Beaver Dam, as county treasurer of Dodge County, Wisconsin, and he also sat on the Dodge County Board of Supervisors. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1878 to 1881 and in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1879 until 1880. He also served as the Wisconsin State Treasurer from 1882 until 1887. McFetridge died in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.[1][2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ Biographical Sketch
  2. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1883,' Biographical Sketch of Edward McFetridge, pg. 471
  3. ^ 'Old Official Dies,' The Wood County Reporter (Wisconsin, February 26, 1914, pg. 2
Political offices
Preceded by Treasurer of Wisconsin
1882–1887
Succeeded by