Edgar Howard was a Nebraska editor and Democratic politician.
15 Facts About Edgar Howard
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Edgar Howard was the 15th lieutenant governor of Nebraska and served six terms in the United States House of Representatives.
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Edgar Howard was born in Osceola, Iowa, on September 16,1858.
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Edgar Howard attended the Western Collegiate Institute and Iowa College of Law.
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Edgar Howard worked as a reporter and editor for various newspapers until 1884, when he got a job as an editor for the Papillion Times in Papillion, Nebraska.
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Edgar Howard was elected to the Nebraska House of Representatives in 1894, serving to 1896.
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In 1900 Howard ended his term as judge and purchased the weekly Telegram in Columbus, Nebraska.
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Edgar Howard published it for decades, expanding it in 1922 as a daily paper.
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In 1917 Edgar Howard was elected as Nebraska's Lieutenant Governor, serving until 1919.
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Edgar Howard was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth United States Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4,1923, to January 3,1935.
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Edgar Howard was very concerned to end and even ameliorate what he described as "the staggering losses of Indian lands", and supported ending the allotment of communal lands.
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Edgar Howard lost his bid for re-election in 1934 to Karl Stefan.
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Edgar Howard ran again for his former seat in 1938 and lost to Stefan.
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Edgar Howard returned each time to running the Columbus Daily Telegram.
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Edgar Howard died in Columbus on July 19,1951, and is buried in the Columbus Cemetery.