L. E. Rader Explained

L. E. Rader
Office:	Member of the Washington House of Representatives
Term:	1895 - 1897 (37th district) 1897 - 1899 (30th district)
Birth Date:	16 March 1864
Birth Place:	Hazel Dell, Illinois, United States
Death Place:	Seattle, Washington, United States
Party:	Populist

Lewis Emerson Rader, Sr. (March 16, 1864 - May 11, 1910) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington House of Representatives.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] In 1910, Rader was starved to death after a 29-day fast^[4] ^[5] under the advice of the quack doctor Linda Burfield Hazzard for treatment of a stomach issue.^[6]

Notes and References

Web site: State of Washington Members of the Legislature 1889 – 2011. Hoemann. Thomas C.. Baker. Barbara. May 2012. leg.wa.gov.
Book: Steel & Searl's legislative souvenir manual for 1895-1896 : containing lists of members of all legislative sessions, territorial and state officers, .... HathiTrust. 1895 . W.A. Steel; A. Searl . 2027/nyp.33433015380482?urlappend=%3Bseq=114.
Web site: Genealogical record of John Thorne: also the direct descendants of James Thorne and Hannah Brown of Salisbury, Mass. and Kingston, N.H., also the families connected by marriage. Edmund Dana. Barbour. 4 April 2018. J. C. Thorne. Google Books.
The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, April 29, 1910, EVENING EDITION, Image 1. University of Oregon, Knight. Library. 29 April 1910. 1910/04/29.
Web site: The Wenatchee daily world. (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, May 12, 1910, Image 1. 12 May 1910. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/63342654/ "Unlicensed Prectitioner Kills"