Edwin O. Keeler Explained

Edwin Olmstead Keeler
Birth Date:12 January 1846[1] [2]
Birth Place:Ridgefield, Connecticut
Death Place:Norwalk, Connecticut
Residence:Norwalk, Connecticut
Office:Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Order:69th
Term Start:January 9, 1901
Term End:January 7, 1903[3]
Governor:George P. McLean
Predecessor:Lyman A. Mills
Successor:Henry Roberts
Office2:Member of the
Connecticut Senate from the 12th District
Term Start2:1897
Term End2:1900
Predecessor2:George E. Lounsbury
Office3:Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
Term Start3:1893
Term End3:1896
Office4:Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut
Order4:1st
Term Start4:1893
Term End4:1894
Predecessor4:Office established
Successor4:James T. Hubbell
Party:Republican
Occupation:grocer, banker
Spouse:Sarah Velina Whiting

Edwin Olmstead Keeler (January 12, 1846 in Ridgefield – December 4, 1923) was an American banker and Republican Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1901 to 1903.

He had previously served as the first mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut from 1893 to 1894.[1] He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1893 to 1896, and was a member of the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th District from 1897 to 1900.[1] He served as President pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Connecticut in 1896.[1]

Early life and family

He was the son of Jonah Charles Keeler (1808-1873) and Henrietta Olmstead.[1] Prior to his political career, he was a banker.[1] On May 13, 1868, he married Sarah Velina Whiting. He was of English ancestry, all of which has been in the country since the colonial period. His earliest ancestor in America was Ralph Keeler, one of the founding settlers of Norwalk, who came from England to Hartford, Connecticut in 1640.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#564.22.46 The Political Graveyard
  2. Web site: Taylor's Legislative History and Souvenir of Connecticut, 1897-1912: Portraits and Sketches of State Officials, Senators, Representatives, Etc. ... List of Committees. Portraits and Roll of Delegates to Constitutional Convention of 1902. The Proposed Constitution and the Vote. Taylor. William Harrison. 1901.
  3. Web site: Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies: Lieutenant Governor . 2007-10-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071026194408/http://www.cslib.org/agencies/lieutenantgovernor.htm . 2007-10-26 .
  4. Men of Mark in Connecticut: Ideals of American Life Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of Eminent Living Americans, Volume 1 page 267