Legislator Details

Image of Edwin Baruch Winans
Image Description:
Portrait of Edwin Baruch Winans scanned from BiogPub (W) p.180.

Edwin Baruch Winans
AKA:
Number of sessions served 2
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 34

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 5/16/1826
City: Avon, NY
County: Livingston County, NY
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 7/4/1894
City: Hamburg, MI
County: Livingston County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial: interred
Burial
Date:
City: Hamburg, MI
County: Livingston County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Hamburg Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Elizabeth Galloway, 9/3/1855; children: George Galloway and Edwin B.

Number of Children: 2

Background

Religion: Episcopalian
Military Service:
Occupation: farmer
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
common school; Albion College, 2.5 years;

Biographical Sketch:
Of German and English ancestry. Son of John Winans and Eliza (Way) Winans. Moved with his parents to Michigan, 1834; He attended Albion College, MI but in March 1850, suspended his studies and went to Calif. & engaged in mining on the North Yuba River, near Placerville; in 1856, he engaged in banking in Rough-and-Ready, CA 1850. Returned to a farm near Hamburg, MI in 1858. Delegate to the State constitutional convention of 5/15/1867; supervisor of Hamburg Township, Michigan, 1872-74; probate judge of Livingston Co. 1877-1881. Member of the Masons

Notable Facts:
Elected to the 48th-49th Congresses 1883-1887; Governor of Michigan 1891-1893.

Sessions Served:

Twenty-Second Legislature, 1863-1864
Chamber: House
Party: Democratic
Committees Served On: Agriculture and Manufactures, Engrossment and Enrollment
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Hamburg
County of Residence Livingston
District: Livingston 1
District Description:

Date Elected: 11/4/1862
Date Sworn In: 1/7/1863
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Unknown
Notes:
Twenty-First Legislature, 1861-1862
Chamber: House
Party: Democratic
Committees Served On: State Library
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Hamburgh
County of Residence Livingston
District: Livingston 1
District Description:

Date Elected: 11/6/1860
Date Sworn In: 1/2/1861
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected

Maritial Status: Married
Notes:

Bibliography:

CongBio p.2076' MIBiog 2:459; USCen 1860, 1880; DFP 7/5/1894 p.1, includes sketch; PolGryd, includes photo; Manual 1861 p.117; BiogPub (W) p.180
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