Edward H. Gillette

Edward Hooker Gillette ( born October 1, 1840 in Bloomfield, Connecticut; † August 14, 1918 in Valley Junction, Iowa ) was an American politician. Between 1879 and 1881 he represented the state of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward Gillette was a son of Francis Gillette (1807-1879), who represented, among others, 1853-1854 the State of Connecticut in the U.S. Senate. The younger Gillette attended schools in Hartford and then the New York State Agricultural College at Ovid. In 1863 he moved to Des Moines in Iowa. There he worked in the agricultural sector, the construction sector and in crafts. In addition, he edited the newspaper " Tribune Iowa ".

Politically, Gillette member of the short-lived Greenback Party, whose national chairman, he was for some time. In 1876 he was a delegate to the national convention. In 1878 he was in the seventh election district of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1879, the successor of Henry JB Cummings of the Republican Party. During his time in Congress, he joined the Union Labor Party, whose leader he became. In the elections of 1880 Gillette lost to John A. Kasson. He had to give up his mandate on March 3, 1881 again.

After his election defeat Edward Gillette moved to his estate " Clover Hills Place" near Valley Junction. Later he became a member of the People's Party. As their candidate in 1893, he applied unsuccessfully for the post of Secretary of State of Iowa. He died on August 14, 1918 on his estate in Valley Junction.