Edwin H. Conger
| Edwin H. Conger | |
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| United States Ambassador to Mexico | |
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In office March 8, 1905 - August 3, 1905 |
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| President | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Powell Clayton |
| Succeeded by | David E. Thompson |
| United States Ambassador to China | |
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In office January 19, 1898 - April 4, 1905 |
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| President |
William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Charles H. Denby |
| Succeeded by | William W. Rockhill |
| United States Minister to Brazil | |
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In office August 9, 1897 – February 6, 1898 |
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| President | William McKinley |
| Preceded by | Thomas Larkin Thompson |
| Succeeded by | Charles Page Bryan |
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In office September 27, 1890 – September 9, 1893 |
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| President |
Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland |
| Preceded by | Robert Adams, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Larkin Thompson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 7th congressional district. | |
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In office March 4, 1885 – October 3, 1890 |
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| Preceded by | Hiram Y. Smith |
| Succeeded by | Edward R. Hays |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 7, 1843 Knox County, Illinois |
| Died | May 18, 1907 (age 64) Pasadena, California |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah J. Conger nee Pike |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Edwin Hurd Conger (March 7, 1843 – May 18, 1907) was an American Civil War soldier, lawyer, banker, Iowa congressman, and United States diplomat. As the United States' minister to China during the Boxer Rebellion, Conger, his family, and other western diplomatic legations were under siege in Beijing until rescued by the China Relief Expedition.
Born in Knox County, Illinois, Conger graduated from Lombard College in 1862. During the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Company I of the 102nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to captain and brevetted major.
At the close of the war, he studied law. He graduated from Albany Law School in 1866 and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Galesburg, Illinois. Conger moved to Dexter, Iowa, in south-central Iowa, in 1868 and engaged in banking, livestock, and agricultural pursuits. Conger was married to Sarah Pike, also from Iowa, an author, a Christian Scientist, and a leader of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union who accompanied him to China, and would be later known for befriending China's Empress Dowager Cixi.
After winning two terms as treasurer of Dallas County, Iowa in 1877 and 1879, he was elected Iowa State Treasurer in 1880, and reelected in 1882.
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