Edward S. Minor

Edward Sloman Minor (December 13, 1840 – July 26, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Jefferson County, New York, Minor moved to Wisconsin in 1845 with his parents, who settled in Greenfield, Wisconsin, and subsequently in the city of Milwaukee. He attended the common schools. He went with his parents to a farm in Sheboygan County in 1852 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He enlisted as a private in Company G, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, in 1861. Mustered out as first lieutenant in November 1865. He engaged in the hardware business in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin from 1865 to 1884. He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1877, 1881, and 1882. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate 1883-1886 and as president pro tempore of the senate during the last term. Superintendent of the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal 1884-1891. He served as a member of the Wisconsin Fish Commission for four years. He served as mayor of Sturgeon Bay in 1894.

Minor was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1907). He was first elected as the representative of Wisconsin's 8th congressional district serving from the Fifty-fourth Congress to the Fifty-seventh Congress. From the Fifty-eighth Congress, Minor redistricted and was elected as the representative of Wisconsin's 9th congressional district. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906. He engaged in horticulture. He was Postmaster of Sturgeon Bay from 1911 to 1915. He served again as mayor of Sturgeon Bay in 1918. He died in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, on July 26, 1924. He was interred in Bayside Cemetery.