Edmund Howard Hinshaw (December 8, 1860 – June 15, 1932) was an American Republican Party politician. Born in

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on December 8, 1860, he graduated from Butler College in

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in 1885. He moved to

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in 1887 and was superintendent of the public schools until 1888 while he studied law. He passed the bar and started practicing in Fairbury. He became a city clerk in 1889 and attorney for Fairbury in 1890. He was an attorney for Jefferson County from 1895 to 1899. He ran and lost for a house seat in the 56th congress in 1898 and ran and lost for the United States Senate in 1901. He ran and won a House seat as a Republican to the 58th and the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911). He did not run for renomination in 1910, instead of resuming law practice in Fairbury. He moved to

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in 1912 continuing to practice law. He also ran a chain of

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. He died there on June 15, 1932, and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery,

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. He was the cousin to Illinois representative Edwin B. Brooks.

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