Edward H. Funston

Edward Hogue Funston
Edward H. Funston
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 2nd district
In office March 21, 1884 – August 2, 1894
Preceded by	Dudley C. Haskell
Succeeded by	Horace L. Moore
Personal details
Born	September 16, 1836 New Carlisle, Ohio, U.S.
Died	September 10, 1911 (aged 74) Iola, Kansas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Anne Eliza Mitchell Funston (1843-1917) (m. 1861)
Children	Frederick Funston Ella F. Funston Eckdall Edward H. Funston Jr.
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service/branch	United States Army Union Army
Years of service	1861–1865
Rank	1st Lieutenant
Unit	16th Ohio Battery

Edward Hogue Funston (September 16, 1836 – September 10, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Biography

Funston was born near New Carlisle, Ohio and attended the country schools, Linden Hill Academy in Carlisle, and Marietta College.

He taught school for a while and then during the Civil War entered the Union Army in 1861 as lieutenant, Sixteenth Ohio Battery. He participated in the principal engagements along the Mississippi River and mustered out in 1865.

He moved to a farm in Carlyle, Kansas in 1867. Funston served as member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1873–1876) and was Speaker in 1875. He served in the Kansas Senate (1880–1884), and was Senate President in 1880.

Funston was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dudley C. Haskell. He was reelected to the Forty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 21, 1884, to March 3, 1893. He served as chairman of the Agriculture Committee (Fifty-first Congress).

He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1893, until August 2, 1894, when he was succeeded by Horace L. Moore, who contested the election. He resumed agricultural pursuits.

He was the father of Medal of Honor recipient, Frederick Funston.

He died at his home in Iola, Kansas, on September 10, 1911^[1] and was interred in Iola Cemetery.^[2]

Notes

1. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 703.
2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16647098

References

• United States Congress. "Edward H. Funston (id: F000429)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-10-10
• Edward H. Funston at Find a Grave

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