Edward C. McFetridge | |
Order: | 9th |
Office: | State Treasurer of Wisconsin |
Governor: | Jeremiah McLain Rusk |
Term Start: | January 2, 1882 |
Term End: | January 3, 1887 |
Predecessor: | Richard Guenther |
Successor: | Henry B. Harshaw |
State1: | Wisconsin |
State Senate1: | Wisconsin |
District1: | 13th |
Term Start1: | January 6, 1879 |
Term End1: | January 3, 1881 |
Predecessor1: | Charles H. Williams |
Successor1: | Arthur K. Delaney |
State Assembly2: | Wisconsin |
District2: | Dodge 4th |
Term Start2: | January 3, 1881 |
Term End2: | January 2, 1882 |
Predecessor2: | Benjamin F. Sherman |
Successor2: | Thomas J. Jones |
Term Start3: | January 7, 1878 |
Term End3: | January 6, 1879 |
Predecessor3: | Patrick Roche |
Successor3: | William Geise |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 15 April 1836 |
Birth Place: | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Oakwood Cemetery, |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Edward Clinton McFetridge (April15, 1836February17, 1914) was an American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician. He was the 9th State Treasurer of Wisconsin (1882 - 1887) and served 4 years in the Wisconsin Legislature, representing Dodge County.
Born in Rochester, New York,[1] [2] he was admitted to the New York bar.[2] He moved to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin in 1858, where he practiced law and opened a woolen mill.[2] He served as mayor of Beaver Dam, as county treasurer of Dodge County, Wisconsin, and he also sat on the Dodge County Board of Supervisors. He was a presidential elector in 1872.[3] He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1878 to 1881 and in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1879 until 1880.[2] [4] He also served as the Wisconsin state treasurer from 1882 until 1887.[1] [2] McFetridge died at his home in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin in 1914.[1] [2] [5]