Ohio born and Oberlin College educated lawyer who sat as a Democrat as Idaho's territorial representative in the U.S. Congress for two terms. Censured by the House for "unparliamentary language" and not re-elected, he died soon after in a street gunfight with a local Demoncratic colleague, aged thirty-four. (By John Osborne)
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Life Summary
Full name
Edward Dexter Holbrook
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
3
Family
Dexter Holbrook (father), Jerusha Holbrook (mother)
Education
Other
Other Education
Oberlin College (OH)
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Other Affiliations
Masons
Government
US House of Representatives
