Edwin C. Burleigh

DATE OF BIRTH:  November 27, 1843

PLACE OF BIRTH:  Linneus

DATE OF DEATH:  June 16, 1916

PLACE OF DEATH:  Augusta

PROFESSION:  Farmer, Land Surveyor, Timberland Owner, Newspaper Publisher

POLITICAL AFFILIATION:  Republican

TERM IN OFFICE:  January 3, 1889 – January 5, 1893

FIRST LADY:  Mary J. Bither

QUOTE: The convict should at the end of his term be a better man morally than he was when he entered the prison, or else his imprisonment has not been of lasting advantage to society.

Inaugural Address, January 3, 1889

OTHER ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICES: Land Agent, State Treasurer, Congressman, U. S. Senator