Biography

04/24/1841 - 10/24/1925

Second Lieutenant Robert Scott Edmiston (R23) Bradford and Wyoming Counties, 1901-1906 (R23) Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties, 1907-1908

Early Life: 

Second Lieutenant Robert Scott Edmiston born April 24, 1841, Milan, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, son of Joseph and Sarah Edmiston, business education; second lieutenant, Company H, 57th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War, 1861-1863; farmer; married, Mary Anthony, 1867; married, Victoria Thompson, 1890; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1897-1900, not a candidate for reelection, 1900; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1901-1908; died, October 24, 1925, Milan, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interment, Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. 

Early Career:

Enlisted, 1st Sargent, Company H, 57th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, October 22, 1861, three-year service, Army of the Potomac was badly wounded head, Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; “displayed bravery” and helped thwart an enemy advance, earning a brevet promotion from Sargent to 2nd Lieutenant; medical discharge, June 23, 1863. 

 Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1897-1900, not a candidate for reelection, 1900. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 23rd district, Bradford and Wyoming Counties, 1901-1906, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 23rd district, Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties, 1907-1908; committee assignments, Congressional Apportionment, Election, Forestry, Game and Fisheries, Legislative Apportionment and Public Road and Highway. 

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. Senate Members "E" (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1905). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 987, 992-995, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 959.

Lieut Robert Scott Edmiston (1841-1926) - Find a Grave Memorial