Ed Martin (Missouri politician)

Ed Martin
Personal details
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Carol Martin
Children	4
Residence	St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation	Lawyer

Edward Robert Martin Jr. is an American politician and attorney from the state of Missouri. A Republican, Martin served as Chief of Staff for Governor Matt Blunt from 2006 until November 2007.

He was the party's nominee for Missouri's 3rd congressional district in 2010, but lost the November 2010 General Election to incumbent Russ Carnahan. Martin ran unsuccessfully for Missouri Attorney General in 2012. In 2013, he was elected as Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party.

Ed Martin grew up in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, the middle of three children of a lawyer father and nurse mother. Following his graduation from St. Peter's Preparatory School, Martin attended the College of the Holy Cross, majoring in English. While at Holy Cross he was awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to study water purification in Indonesia for a year. Leaving Indonesia, Martin next attended Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, on a Rotary International scholarship, earning another bachelor's degree. While in Rome, he decided to attend law school and was accepted to Saint Louis University School of Law.

While at law school, Martin attended a Thanksgiving dinner with Pope John Paul II in 1997. Martin received an invitation to the dinner because he served as the sole youth representative expert of the Synod of the Bishops on the Americas.

Following graduation, Martin worked first as director of the Human Rights Office for the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

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