Edwin O. Stanard

Edwin Obed Stanard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 1st district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	Erastus Wells
Succeeded by	Edward C. Kehr
14th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
In office 1869–1871
Governor	Joseph W. McClurg
Preceded by	George Smith
Succeeded by	Joseph J. Gravely
Personal details
Born	January 5, 1832 Newport, New Hampshire, USA
Died	March 12, 1914 (aged 82) St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Esther Ann Kauffman Stanard
Profession	Politician, Businessman, Teacher

Edwin Obed Stanard (January 5, 1832 – March 12, 1914) was a nineteenth-century politician, businessman and teacher from Missouri.

Biography

Born in Newport, New Hampshire, Stanard moved to Iowa Territory with his parents in 1836, completed preparatory studies and moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1853. He taught school in Illinois in 1854 and 1855, graduated from St. Louis Commercial College in 1855, engaged in the commission business in 1856 and later in the milling business in St. Louis. Stanard was elected a Republican to be the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1871, and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1872, serving from 1873 to 1875, being unsuccessful for reelection in 1874. Afterward, he engaged in the manufacturing of flour until his death in St. Louis, Missouri on March 12, 1914. He was interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.

External links

• Edwin O. Stanard at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Edwin O. Stanard at Find a Grave