Legislator Details

Image of Dr. Edward  T. Abrams
Image Description:
Portrait captured from Find-a-Grave.com 6/25/2025

Dr. Edward T. Abrams
AKA:
Number of sessions served 1
Gender: Male
Age at election: 46

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 11/20/1860
City: Eagle River, MI
County: Keweenaw County, MI
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 5/20/1918
City: Dollar Bay, MI
County: Houghton County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 5/25/1918
City: Calumet, MI
County: Houghton County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Lakeview Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Ida L. Howe of Howell, MI, dau. of Seymour and Phoebe (Boutelle) Howe, 1/28/1890, in Saranac, MI; children: 1, Alice Marguarite (died in infancy)

Number of Children: 1


Background

Religion: Congregationalist
Military Service:
Occupation: surgeon, physician
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
graduated college in Valparaiso; graduated from Dartmouth Medical School, NH, 1889; post-graduate work at Long Island College Hospital

Biographical Sketch:
English ancestry: son of Michael of County Cornwall and Lydia Chegwin, of parish of Camborne, England. As a young man he worked as a laborer and blacksmith. He began his medical practice in Centennial, MI and later moved to Dollar Bay. He was surgeon to various mining companies. Member of Houghton County Medical Soc.; vice pres. of Michigan State Medical Soc.

Notable Facts:
Exact date of burial unknown. Death certificate says he was born in Ontonagon Co., cause of death apoplexy.


Sessions Served:

Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Education , Industrial School for Boys , Public Health , State Sanatorium
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Dollar Bay
County of Residence Houghton
District: Houghton 2
District Description: Townships of Franklin, Osceola, Schoolcraft and Torch Lake

Date Elected: 11/6/1906
Date Sworn In: 1/2/1907
Date Left Office:

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

Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Public Health

Bibliography:

Sawyer 3:1408-10 includes portrait; Kelly 1928 p.1-2; BioRec p.383-4; MIBiog 1:6-7; Michiganology; Find-a-Grave.com, includes portrait; MIMarRec 1867-1952; USCen 1910; PolGryd