Edward A. Gilbert

{{Short description|American politician (1854–1935)}}

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|name = Edward A. Gilbert

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|order = 9th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska

|term_start = 1899

|term_end = 1901

|governor = William A. Poynter

|predecessor = James E. Harris

|successor = Ezra P. Savage

|birth_date = {{birth date|1854|07|06}}

|birth_place = Macoupin County, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1935|3|13|1854|07|06}}

|death_place = Long Beach, California, U.S.

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|party = Fusion Party

|spouse = Louise May

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Edward Addison Gilbert (July 6, 1854 – March 13, 1935) (often referred to as "E.A. Gilbert") was a Nebraska politician who served as the ninth lieutenant governor of Nebraska from 1899 until 1901 under Governor William A. Poynter. He also served as a Republican in the Nebraska legislature in 1889.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfF5AAAAMAAJ&q=%22edward+a.+gilbert%22+lieutenant+governor |title=Populism, progressivism, and the transformation of Nebraska politics, 1885-1915 - Robert W. Cherny, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Center for Great Plains Studies - Google Books |date=1981-02-01 |isbn=9780803214071 |accessdate=2018-12-27|last1=Cherny |first1=Robert W. }} In 1900, he was nominated for a second term as lieutenant governor as a Silver Republican aligned with the Populists,(13 July 1900). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/07/13/102607295.pdf Nebraska's Fusion Ticket], The New York Times and directly as a Populist in 1902(19 October 1902). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/10/19/119087480.pdf Elections in Forty-Two States Nov. 4], The New York Times but did not prevail.

Gilbert was born in Illinois and moved from Macoupin County, Illinois, to York County, Nebraska, in 1884.[http://genealogytrails.com/neb/york/theirfirstchristmas.htm History of York] He married Louise May on January 1, 1878, in Carlinville, Illinois.McClure, James Alexander. [https://archive.org/details/mcclurefamily00mccl/page/116 The McClure Family], p. 116 (1914) He died in Long Beach, California, on March 13, 1935, at the age of 80.{{cite news|title=Edward A. Gilbert Dies|date=March 15, 1935|page=17|newspaper=The Nebraska State Journal|location=Lincoln, Nebraska|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26555466/the_nebraska_state_journal/|accessdate=December 27, 2018}}