Edward M. Bassett
| Edward Murray Bassett | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 5th district |
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In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
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| Preceded by | Frank E. Wilson |
| Succeeded by | George E. Waldo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 7, 1863 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died |
October 7, 1948 (aged 85) Brooklyn, New York |
| Citizenship |
 United States
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Annie Rebecca Preston Bassett |
| Children |
Preston Rogers Bassett Isabel Bassett Wasson Howard Murray Bassett |
| Alma mater |
Amherst College Columbia University Law School |
| Profession |
lawyer politician |
Preston Rogers Bassett Isabel Bassett Wasson
lawyer
Edward Murray Bassett (February 7, 1863 – October 7, 1948), "The Father of American Zoning", and one of the founding fathers of modern-day urban planning, wrote the first comprehensive zoning ordinance in the United States, adopted by New York City in 1916, and a U. S. Representative for New York.
Bassett was born on February 7, 1863, in Brooklyn, New York, son of merchant Charles R. Bassett and Elvira Rogers Bassett. He attended Hamilton College and Amherst College, graduating from the latter in 1884. While at Amherst he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity. From 1884 to 1886 he attended Columbia University Law School, and taught at a private school run by R. D. Dodge in Brooklyn. In 1886 Bassett graduated from Columbia and was admitted to the bar, and began practicing law in Buffalo, New York. He married Annie R. Preston on May 14, 1890 and had five children, including inventor and engineer Preston Bassett and geologist Isabel Bassett Wasson.
After returning to New York City in 1892 to practice law, Bassett served on the Brooklyn School Board from 1899 to 1901 and chaired the Local School Board from 1901 to 1903.
In 1903 Bassett was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives, representing New York's 5th congressional district. He served one term from March 4, 1903 to March 3, 1905, but declined to run for reelection so he could serve at the local level. Major projects he worked on included bankruptcy law, the Panama Canal, advocating a canal route through Nicaragua, and opposing high tariffs.
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