Edward Michael Irwin (April 14, 1869 – January 30, 1933) was a

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from

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. Born near

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, Irwin attended the public schools of his native city. He taught school in

and also attended the

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. He was graduated from

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at St. Louis in 1892. Irwin moved to

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in the same year and commenced the practice of

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. He served as chairman of the Republican county central committee from 1898 to 1924. He moved to

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in 1903 and continued the practice of medicine. In addition, he served as Coroner of St. Clair County from 1904 to 1908. Irwin was elected president of the Belleville Bank Trust Co. in 1910. He served as a delegate to the

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in 1920. Irwin was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931). He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Seventy-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the

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. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of his profession. He died in

on January 30, 1933, and was buried in Green Mount Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Irwin, Edward Michael 1869 births 1933 deaths University of Missouri alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois People from Crawford County, Missouri Washington University School of Medicine alumni 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives