Edward Breitung

Republican Representative of Michigan's 11th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

January 1, 1831 (56 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1887

Death

Served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885.
Born in Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1849, settling initially in Michigan.
Attended the College of Mining in Meiningen, Germany, before immigrating.
Engaged in various business ventures, including mercantile pursuits and iron-mining operations.
Explored for iron deposits in Michigan and became involved in mining in Minnesota and Colorado as well.
Married Mary Paulin in 1870, with whom he had two children, one of whom died in infancy.
Served in the Michigan State House of Representatives and the Michigan State Senate before his term in Congress.
Served as mayor of Negaunee, Michigan, in the late 1870s and early 1880s.
Declined to seek renomination for Congress in 1884.
Died in Georgia before he could move into a winter house he had built.
Left a legacy in mining, with townships in Minnesota and Michigan named after him.
His family continued his mining enterprises, and his descendants were involved in notable incidents and marriages that connected them to other prominent families.