Samuel Cook Edsall
{{short description|American lawyer}}
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| type = Bishop
| honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend
| name = Samuel Cook Edsall
| honorific_suffix = D.D.
| title = Bishop of Minnesota
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| caption = 1899 photo of Samuel Cook Edsall with his signature
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| church = Episcopal Church
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| diocese = Minnesota
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| elected = June 6, 1901
| term = 1901–1917
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| predecessor = Henry Benjamin Whipple
| successor = Frank Arthur McElwain
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| ordination = June 2, 1889
| ordained_by = William Edward McLaren
| consecration = January 25, 1899
| consecrated_by = William Edward McLaren
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1860|02|15}}
| birth_place = Dixon, Illinois, United States
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1917|02|17|1860|02|15}}
| death_place = Rochester, Minnesota, United States{{cite book |author= |title=The Living Church Annual and Churchman's Almanac |url=https://archive.org/details/livingchurchann02unkngoog |location=Milwaukee |publisher=Morehouse Publishing |page=[https://archive.org/details/livingchurchann02unkngoog/page/n80 80] |date=1918}}
| buried = Oakwood Cemetery, Dixon
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| nationality = American
| religion = Anglican
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| parents = James K. Edsall & Caroline Florella More
| spouse = {{marriage|Grace Harmon|1883}}
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| previous_post = Bishop of North Dakota (1899-1901)
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| alma_mater = Racine College
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Samuel Cook Edsall (February 15, 1860 – February 17, 1917) was a bishop of North Dakota and Minnesota in The Episcopal Church.
Biography
The son of James K. Edsall, Illinois Attorney General, and Caroline Florella More, Edsall graduated from Racine College, and after admission to the bar in 1882, initially followed his father's career, practicing law in Chicago.
However, Edsall became increasingly drawn to spiritual matters. He attended Western Theological Seminary, was ordained deacon on December 23, 1888, and priest on June 2, 1889, by Bishop William Edward McLaren. He served as rector of St. Peter's church in Chicago for a decade.
The 1898 General Convention chose Edsall as the Missionary Bishop of North Dakota and he was consecrated in Chicago on January 25, 1899.{{cite book |author= |title=The Living Church Annual and Churchman's Almanac |url=https://archive.org/details/livingchurchann02unkngoog|publisher=Morehouse Publishing |page=[https://archive.org/details/livingchurchann02unkngoog/page/n74 74] |date=1917}}
In June 6, 1901, he was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Minnesota,The New York Times, June 7, 1901 and upon the death of bishop Henry Whipple, he succeeded as diocesan. He was installed on October 3, 1901. He then moved to Minneapolis and made it the new headquarters of the Diocese of Minnesota.{{cite web |url=http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6mm1559 |title=Episcopal Church. Diocese of Minnesota |author= |date= |website=Social Networks and Archival Context |publisher=U.S. National Archives and Records Administration}} He served 16 years, dying in office and succeeded by his suffragan, Frank McElwain.
References and external links
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- [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1901/06/07/101074264.pdf New York Times reports his election as bishop]
- [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/02/18/118136810.pdf New York Times obituary]
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External links
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Samuel Cook Edsall}}
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Category:Episcopal bishops of Minnesota
Category:People from Dixon, Illinois
Category:Racine College alumni
Category:Seabury-Western Theological Seminary alumni
Category:19th-century American lawyers