J. Edwin Brainard

J. Edwin Brainard
60th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
In office
1925–1929
Governor John H. Trumbull
Preceded by John H. Trumbull
Succeeded by Ernest E. Rogers
Personal details
Born 1860
Died September 9, 1942
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Lizzie C. Bartholomew Brainard
Children

Halstead Brainard Norman Brainard

Spencer Brainard
Occupation

salesman

politician

J. Edwin Brainard (c. 1860 – September 9, 1942) was an American politician who was the 60th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1925 to 1929. He previously served as President pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate.

Biography

Brainard was born around 1860 in Meriden, Connecticut son of Dr. Edwin W Brainard and Madaline S. Smith Brainard. When he was five, his family moved to Branford where he attended the public schools and graduated from high school. He studied medicine with his father, but his studies stopped with the death of his father, who was struck and killed by a train while driving to answer a sick call. He married Lizzie C. Bartholomew and they had three sons, Halsted, Norman, and Spencer.[1]

Career

In 1880, Brainard moved to Meriden and was employed by the Meriden Malleable Iron Company until 1891. He resignen 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, when he was appointed street superintendent. Elected as a member from Branford of the Connecticut House Of Representatives, he served in that office from 1919 to 1920.[1]

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.[2]

Death

Brainard died on September 9, 1942. Burial location unknown.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "J. Edwin Brainard". Commemorative biographical record of New Haven county, Connecticut,. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 "J. Edwin Brainard". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 15 January 2013.


Political offices
Preceded by
John H. Trumbull		 Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
1925-1929 		Succeeded by
Ernest E. Rogers
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