Holbrook, Edward Dexter

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) 

Life Span
to
    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
    How to Cite This Page: "Holbrook, Edward Dexter," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/47403.