Edwin F. Ladd
Edwin Fremont Ladd | |
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| United States Senator from North Dakota | |
| In office March 4, 1921 – June 22, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Asle Gronna |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Nye |
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| Born | December 13, 1859 Starks, Maine |
| Died | June 22, 1925 (aged 65) Baltimore, Maryland |
| Political party | Republican |
Edwin Fremont Ladd (December 13, 1859 – June 22, 1925) was an American chemist, academic administrator, and politician. While serving in the United States Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Public Roads and Surveys during the sixty-eighth Congress.
Biography
He was born in
North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo, North Dakota. He was chief chemist of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station from 1890 to 1916 and editor of the North Dakota Farmer at Lisbon
from 1899 to 1904. He was administrator of the State's pure-food laws, for which he actively crusaded from 1902 to 1921; he was also president of the North Dakota Agricultural College from 1916 to 1921.
Ladd was elected as a
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
- 1920 United States Senate election in North Dakota
References
- ^ Bailey, Morgan & Taylor 1986, pp. 1406–1407.
Bibliography
- Bailey, N. Louise; Morgan, Mary L.; Taylor, Carolyn R. (1986). Biographical Directory of the South Carolina Senate: 1776-1985. Volume 1. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 0872494799.
- United States Congress. "Edwin F. Ladd (id: L000012)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
Media related to Edwin F. Ladd at Wikimedia Commons
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