Edward Mitchell (New York politician)

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Edward Mitchell

|image = Edward Mitchell (US Attorney for Southern New York).jpg

|alt =

|caption = Columbia University Quarterly, June 1909

|order1 = 26th

|office1 = United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York

|term_start1 = September 16, 1889

|term_end1 = February 1, 1894

|preceded1 = Stephen A. Walker

|succeeded1 = Henry C. Platt

|office2 = Member of the New York State Assembly from New York County's 21st District

|term_start2 = January 1, 1880

|term_end2 = December 31, 1880

|preceded2 = J. C. Julius Langbein

|succeeded2 = William J. Trimble

|birth_date = {{Birth date |1842|04|15}}

|birth_place = New York City, New York, US

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1909|02|15|1842|04|15}}

|death_place = New York City, New York

|resting_place = Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York

|party = Republican

|spouse = Caroline C. Woolsey (m. 1867-1909, his death)

|children = 1

|relatives = John M. Mitchell (brother)

|education = Columbia College
Columbia Law School

|profession = Attorney

|allegiance = United States
New York

|branch = New York National Guard

|rank = Lieutenant Colonel

|unit = 1st Division

|serviceyears = 1881–1886

}}

Edward Mitchell (April 15, 1842 – February 15, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. A Republican, He was a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia Law School. Mitchell was most notable for his service in the New York State Assembly in 1880, and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1889 to 1894.

Early life

Mitchell was born on April 15, 1842, on Charlton Street in New York City, New York,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EWYZAAAAYAAJ|title=The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Yearbook, 1910|year=1910|location=New York, N.Y.|pages=140–142|via=Google Books}} the eldest son of Edward Mitchell, a lawyer and judge who served on the New York Supreme Court and the New York Court of Appeals, and Mary P. Berrian.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PyRKAQAAMAAJ|title=Prominent Families of New York|publisher=The Historical Company|year=1898|edition=Revised|location=New York, N.Y.|pages=407|via=Google Books}} His brother was congressman John M. Mitchell.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xxg7AQAAMAAJ|title=Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century|publisher=American Publishers Association|year=1904|editor-last=Herringshaw|editor-first=Thomas William|editor-link=Thomas William Herringshaw|location=Chicago, I.L.|pages=664|via=Google Books}}

Mitchell attended Columbia Grammar School from 1854 to 1857. He then went to Columbia College in 1857,{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/eveningjournalal1876amer/page/126/mode/1up|title=The Evening Journal Almanac, 1880|year=1880|pages=126|via=Internet Archive}} graduating from there with a B.A. in 1861.

Start of career

He then went to Columbia Law School, but he left that year to serve in the American Civil War a volunteer field agent for the United States Sanitary Commission. He served in Richmond, Antietam, Port Hudson, and the Red River expedition. Afterwards, he finished his studies at Columbia Law School, graduating from there with an LL.B. in 1865. He was admitted to the bar later that year and practiced law. In 1867, he married Caroline Carson Woolsey. They had a daughter, Eliza.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0V1IAAAAYAAJ|title=Who's Who in New York City and State|publisher=L. R. Hamersly & Company|year=1907|editor-last=Leonard|editor-first=John W.|edition=Third|location=New York, N.Y.|pages=941|via=Google Books}}

In 1879, Mitchell was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing the New York County 21st District. He served in the Assembly in 1880. In 1880, he became a trustee of Columbia.{{Cite journal|last=Van Amringe|first=John Howard|date=June 1909|title=Edward Mitchell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oEQjAQAAIAAJ|journal=Columbia University Quarterly|publisher=Columbia University Press|volume=XI|issue=3|pages=342–343|via=Google Books}} From 1881 to 1886, he was a lieutenant colonel in the New York National Guard and a Judge Advocate of the 1st Division. In 1883 and 1886, he unsuccessfully ran for the New York Supreme Court.

Later career

In 1889, President Harrison appointed him United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He served in the office until 1894. In 1897, he briefly served as New York City Commissioner of Parks. For many years, he was also senior member of the law firm Mitchell & Mitchell.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmZMAAAAYAAJ|title=Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Meeting of the New York State Bar Association|publisher=The Argus Company|year=1910|location=Albany, N.Y.|pages=545–547|via=Google Books}}

Civic and professional memberships

Mitchell was an incorporator of the University Club. He was a member of the American Geographical Society. He was a member of the New York City Bar Association, serving as its treasurer from 1874 to 1885 and vice-president from vice-president from 1885 to 1886. He was also a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Metropolitan Club, the Union League Club, the Tuxedo Club, the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, and the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Club.

Death and burial

Mitchell died at his Manhattan home on February 15, 1909.{{Cite news|date=16 February 1909|title=Edward Mitchell|volume=LXVIII|page=7|work=New-York Tribune|issue=22738|location=New York, N.Y.|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1909-02-16/ed-1/seq-7/|via=Chronicling America}} He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.

References

External links

[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell3.html#285.45.65 The Political Graveyard]
[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197072061/edward-mitchell Edward Mitchell] at Find a Grave

{{succession box

| title = New York State Assembly
New York County, 21st District

| years = 1880

| before = J. C. Julius Langbein

| after = William J. Trimble

}}

{{Succession box

| title = U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York

| years = 1889–1894

| before = Stephen A. Walker

| after = Henry C. Platt

}}