Edward Breitung was a politician from the US state of Michigan.
16 Facts About Edward Breitung
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Edward Breitung served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885.
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Edward Breitung attended the College of Mining in Meiningen, then one of the celebrated schools in Germany for scientific and classical studies.
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Edward Breitung moved to Detroit in 1851 and became a clerk in a mercantile house.
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Edward Breitung moved to Marquette and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1859, when he went to Negaunee.
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Edward Breitung later became interested iron mining in Minnesota, and in gold and silver mining in Colorado.
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On November 28,1870, Edward married Mary Paulin, who was originally from Belgium, Wisconsin.
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Mary had been working as a chambermaid at a boarding house in Republic, Michigan, where Edward Breitung owned the Republic Mine.
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Edward Breitung was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives in 1873 and 1874 and a member of the Michigan State Senate in 1877 and 1878.
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Edward Breitung served as mayor of Negaunee in 1879,1880, and 1882.
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Edward Breitung was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 11th congressional district for the Forty-eighth Congress, serving from March 4,1883, to March 3,1885.
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Edward Breitung declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1884.
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Edward Breitung died in Eastman, Georgia before he was able to move into a winter house he had built.
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Edward Breitung is interred in the Breitung Mausoleum at Park Cemetery in Marquette.
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Edward Breitung's widow married into the Samuel R Kaufman family of Marquette, marrying Samuel's son Nathan Kaufman.
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Mary had in fact placed Nathan in effective charge of several Breitung businesses while Edward was away in Congress.