Edmund C. Weeks
| Edmund C. Weeks | |
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| 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Florida | |
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In office January 24, 1870 – December 27, 1870 |
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| Governor | Harrison Reed |
| Preceded by | William Henry Gleason |
| Succeeded by | Samuel T. Day |
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| Born |
March 10, 1829 Tisbury, Massachusetts |
| Died | April 12, 1907 (aged 78) Tallahassee, Florida |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Jones Elizabeth Hunt Crafts |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Edmund Cottle Weeks (March 10, 1829 – April 12, 1907) was an American politician who served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Florida.
A Massachusetts native, Weeks was born in the town of Tisbury, on Martha's Vineyard, to Captain Hiram Weeks and Margaret D. Cottle, a relative of New York Senator Thomas C. Platt. After accompanying his father on a voyage to South America, Weeks studied medicine for three years at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. However, his love for the sea compelled him to become a sailor and later a partner in a boat operating firm. During the American Civil War, he volunteered for the Union Navy in the Battle of New Orleans. He then headed the Union Army's 2nd Florida Cavalry with the rank of major. After the war, he settled in Tallahassee, Florida.
Weeks was appointed to the office of Lieutenant Governor of Florida by Governor Harrison Reed on January 24, 1870, to fill the vacancy left after the dismissal of William H. Gleason. He took the oath of office that same day. However, his appointment was controversial. State Comptroller Robert H. Gamble, claiming that the Governor could not make an appointment to an elected position, refused to pay Weeks his salary until Weeks took the case to the Florida Supreme Court. On his first day presiding over the Senate, a majority of the senators walked out on the session. At the next day's meeting, another senator occupied his seat. After a motion was proposed to arrest him, he left early.
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