Edwin O. Stanard

Infobox Lt Governor
name=Edwin Obed Stanard


order=14th
office=Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
term_start=1869
term_end=1871
governor=Joseph W. McClurg
predecessor=George Smith
successor=Joseph J. Gravely
birth_date=January 5, 1832
birth_place=Newport, New Hampshire, USA
death_date=March 12, 1914
death_place=St. Louis, Missouri, USA
party=Republican
profession=Politician, Businessman, Teacher
spouse=Esther Ann Kauffman Stanard
footnotes=

Edwin Obed Stanard (January 5, 1832 – March 12, 1914) was a nineteenth century politician, businessman and teacher from Missouri.

Born in Newport, New Hampshire, Stanard moved to Iowa Territory with his parents in 1836, completed preparatory studies and moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1853. He taught school in Illinois in 1854 and 1855, graduated from St. Louis Commercial College in 1855, engaged in the commission business in 1856 and later in the milling business in St. Louis. Stanard was elected a Republican to be Lieutenant Governor of Missouri in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1871, and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1872, serving from 1873 to 1875, being unsuccessful for reelection in 1874. Afterwards, he engaged in the manufacturing of flour until his death in St. Louis, Missouri on March 12, 1914. He was interned in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22849 Edwin O. Stanard] at Find A Grave