Sidney Edgerton (1818-1900) - Find a Grave Memorial

U.S. Congressman. Moving to Ohio in 1844, he taught in the academy at Tallmadge, Ohio, studied law, graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1845, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Akron, Ohio, in 1846. He was the prosecuting attorney of Summit County, (1852-56) and a delegate to the first Republican National Convention in 1856. In 1859, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, serving until 1863. During this time, he also served as a Colonel in the Ohio Squirrel Hunters during the Civil War. Also in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln appointed him United States judge for the Territory of Idaho and he served as the first Governor of Montana Territory, (1865-66). After returning to Ohio, he practiced law until his death at age 81. Edgerton County, Montana was named after him until it was renamed Lewis and Clark County after Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (home of Helena) in 1868.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith