Edwin Coe

{{short description|19th century American politician}}

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{{infobox officeholder

|name = Edwin Coe

|office = Chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin

| term_start = March 1896

| term_end = August 1898

| predecessor = W. A. Jones

| successor = Joseph B. Treat

|office1 = Chief Clerk of the {{nowrap|Wisconsin State Assembly}}

| term_start1 = January 1885

| term_end1 = January 5, 1891

| predecessor1 = Isaac T. Carr

| successor1 = George W. Porth

| term_start2 = January 11, 1882

| term_end2 = January 1, 1883

| predecessor2 = John E. Eldred

| successor2 = Isaac T. Carr

|state3 = Wisconsin

|state_assembly3 = Wisconsin

|district3 = Walworth 3rd

| term_start3 = January 7, 1878

| term_end3 = January 5, 1880

| predecessor3 = William Greening

| successor3 = Caleb S. Blanchard

|party = Republican

|birth_date = {{birth date|1840|6|11}}

|birth_place = Ixonia, Wisconsin Territory

|death_date = {{death date and age|1909|5|5|1840|6|11}}

|death_place = Whitewater, Wisconsin, U.S.

|restingplace = Hillside Cemetery, {{nowrap|Whitewater, Wisconsin}}

|spouse = {{marriage|Emma Ellsworth Spaulding|1865|1909}}

|children = {{unbulleted list

| Florence Elsie (Goodhue)

| {{sup|(b. 1866; died 1928)}}

| Ellsworth Spaulding Coe

| {{sup|(b. 1868; died 1933)}}

| Dwight Bushnell Coe

| {{sup|(b. 1871; died 1935 )}}

| Joseph Spaulding Coe

| {{sup|(b. 1874; died 1896)}}

| Robert Kirtland Coe

| {{sup|(b. 1880; died 1952)}}

}}

| relatives = Descendants of Robert Coe

|education = University of Wisconsin

|occupation = Newspaper editor, publisher

|allegiance = United States

|branch = United States Volunteers
Union Army

|rank = Corporal, USV

|serviceyears = 1861–1863

|unit = {{unbulleted list

| 2nd Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry

| 1st Reg. Wis. Vol. Cavalry

}}

|battles = American Civil War

}}

Edwin Delos Coe (June 11, 1840{{spaced ndash}}May 5, 1909) was an American newspaper editor, publisher, and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing northern Walworth County in 1878 and 1879. He subsequently served as chief clerk of the Assembly for four terms and was elected chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin in 1896.

Biography

Born in Ixonia, Wisconsin Territory, Coe went to Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and then to University of Wisconsin–Madison. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1866, Coe was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar and was the editor of the Whitewater Register. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1878 and 1879 as a Republican. He then served as chief clerk in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1882, 1885, 1887, and 1889. He was head of the United States Pension Agency in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for ten years. He was also chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party Central Committee. He died at his home in Whitewater, Wisconsin.'Journal of the Proceedings of the Session of the Wisconsin Legislature, 1909,' Resolutions Introduced, Joint Resolution 90, The life and public service of Honorable Edwin Coe, pg. 822'Wisconsin Blue Book 1887,' Biographical Sketch of Edwin D. Coe, pg. 512

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