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Edward T. England

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Edward T. England
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from West Virginia's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929
Preceded byJ. Alfred Taylor
Succeeded byJoe L. Smith
Attorney General of West Virginia
In office
1917–1925
GovernorJohn J. Cornwell
Ephraim F. Morgan
Preceded byArmistead Abraham Lilly
Succeeded byHoward B. Lee
President of the West Virginia Senate
In office
1915–1917
Preceded bySamuel V. Woods
Succeeded byWells Goodykoontz
Personal details
Born
Edward Theodore England

(1869-09-29)September 29, 1869
Gay, West Virginia, U.S.
DiedSeptember 9, 1934(1934-09-09) (aged 64)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Edward Theodore England (September 29, 1869 – September 9, 1934) was a lawyer and politician from West Virginia. He served in the West Virginia Senate, as Attorney General of West Virginia, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives.[1][2]

Early and family life

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England was born in Gay, West Virginia, on September 29, 1869, to the former Mary Welch and her husband Andrew J.S. England. He attended the local schools, and in 1892 graduated from Concord Normal School in Athens, West Virginia. After teaching school for several years, and then England attended law school at Southern Normal University in Huntingdon, Tennessee. he graduated in 1898.

Career

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After being admitted to the bar in 1898, England began his legal practice in Oceana, West Virginia. In 1901 England moved to Logan, West Virginia (the county seat of Logan County, West Virginia), where he continued to practice law. In 1903 voters elected England as mayor of Logan. In 1908 he won election to the West Virginia Senate, serving from 1908 to 1916, and including as Senate President in 1915. Because West Virginia has no Lieutenant Governor, the Senate President is next in line to the governorship. As a result, England attended the first meeting of all the lieutenant governors in the United States in 1915. When they convened at Rhea Springs, Tennessee, England was chosen to preside.

In 1916, England won a statewide election and became Attorney General of West Virginia, serving from 1917 to 1925. In 1923 he was elected president of the Attorney Generals' Association of the United States. In 1924 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor.

In 1926 England was elected to the Seventieth Congress (March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928.

After leaving Congress England resumed the practice of law in Charleston, West Virginia.

Death and legacy

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England died in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 9, 1934, and was interred at Sunset Memorial Park in Charleston.

References

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  1. ^
    • United States Congress. "Edward T. England (id: E000180)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  2. ^ Jackson County Past and Present(Jackson County Historical Society 1990) p. 7
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for West Virginia Attorney General
1916, 1920
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by President of the West Virginia Senate
1915–1917
Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of West Virginia
1917–1925
Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from West Virginia's 6th congressional district

1927–1929
Succeeded by