J. Edwin Brainard
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = J. Edwin Brainard
|office = Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
|order = 80th
|term_start = 1925
|term_end = 1929
|governor = John H. Trumbull
|predecessor = John H. Trumbull
|successor = Ernest E. Rogers
|birth_name = John Edwin Brainard1880 United States Federal Census
|birth_date = August 27, 18571900 United States Federal Census
|birth_place = Meriden, Connecticut
|death_date = {{dda|1942|9|8|1857|8|27}}{{cite news |title=J. Edwin Brainard – Ex-Lieutenant Governor|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/434715529/?terms=%22J.%2Bedwin%2BBrainard%22 |accessdate=December 25, 2018 |work=New York Daily News |agency=Associated Press |date=September 9, 1942}}
|death_place = Branford, Connecticut
|spouse = Lizzie C. Bartholomew Brainard
|children = Halstead Brainard
Norman Brainard. He was the guardian of Rosemary Garthwait upon the death of her mother Anna Dillon.
Spencer Brainard
|alma mater =
|occupation = salesman
politician
|party = Republican
}}
John Edwin Brainard (August 27, 1857 – September 8, 1942) was an American politician who was the 80th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1925 to 1929. He previously served as President pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate.
Biography
Brainard was born in 1857 in Meriden, Connecticut, the son of Dr. Edwin W. Brainard and Madilena S. Smith Brainard. When he was five, his family moved to nearby Branford, where he attended public schools and graduated from high school. He began studying medicine under his father, but his education was cut short when his father was struck and killed by a train while driving to attend a sick call. He married Lizzie C. Bartholomew and they had three sons, Halstead, Norman, and Spencer.{{cite web|title=J. Edwin Brainard|url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/jh-beers--co/commemorative-biographical-record-of-new-haven-county-connecticut-containing-b-aeb/page-130-commemorative-biographical-record-of-new-haven-county-connecticut-containing-b-aeb.shtml|pages=131–132|publisher=Commemorative biographical record of New Haven county, Connecticut|accessdate=15 January 2013}}
Career
In 1880, Brainard moved to Meriden, and was employed by the Meriden Malleable Iron Company until 1891. He resigned to go into the bicycle business on Church street, Brainard and Wilcox, which continued until 1817, when he sold out to his partner and took a position with the firm of Ives, Uphani and Rand until 1898, and he was appointed street superintendent and later elected as a member from Branford to the Connecticut House of Representatives, serving from 1919 to 1920.
Brainard was elected as a Republican Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and served from 1925 to 1929. He was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1928.{{cite web|title=J. Edwin Brainard|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bragaw-brancato.html#568.62.69|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=15 January 2013}}
Death
Brainard died in 1942. He was buried at the Branford Center Cemetery.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071026194408/http://www.cslib.org/agencies/lieutenantgovernor.htm Connecticut State Library]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/1942/09/09/archives/j-edwin-brainard-1-former-lieutenant-governor-of-connecticut-dies.html J. Edwin Brainard's obituary]
- {{find a Grave|165298990}}
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Category:Politicians from Meriden, Connecticut
Category:Republican Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Category:Presidents pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate