U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- England, Edward T. (b. 1868) --------------------------------------------------------------------- West Virginia Blue Book West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1918 Compiled and edited by John T. Harris, Clerk of the Senate The Tribune Printing Company, Charleston, West Virginia Page 737, Attorney General. E. T. ENGLAND (Republican), the son of A. J. S. and Mary (Welch) England, was born and reared on a farm in Jackson county, West Virginia. During his boyhood he attended the public schools in his native county; later he was a student at the public schools at Bramwell, Mercer county. After becoming large enough to perform manual labor to any advantage, he would work on a farm and at public works in the summer season, and on the earnings thus accumulated, pursued his studies at school in the winter, the public school at that time lasting usually four months. He entered the Concord Normal School, at Concord (now Athens), Mercer county, in the fall of 1889, graduating therefrom in 1892. After graduating, he taught school for several ears in order to procure money to further continue his education. He continued his studies at the Concord Normal School, taking the academic course in the years 1893 and 1895. Later he entered the Southern Normal University at Huntingdon, Tennessee, graduating therefrom in 1898 in law and receiving the L. L. B. degree; in 1900 he graduated from this institution in the scientific course, receiving the B. S. degree. He started the practice of law in Wyoming county, West Virginia, moving to Logan county in the year 1901. He was married in 1901, at Moulton, Iowa, to Huldah Leoma Lenburg, daughter of Peter and Maggie Lenburg. They have the following children: Arline, age 15; Max, age 10, and Marjorie, age 5. In 1903 Mr. England was elected Mayor of Logan, defeating the Democratic candidate, although at that time the town was strongly Democratic. In 1908 he was elected to the State Senate, from the Eighth Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Boone, Logan and Kanawha, and was re-elected in 1912. During his term in the Senate he served on many important committees being chairman of the Judicial Committee for the sessions of 1911 and 1913, and floor leader of that body for both of these sessions. He was President of the Senate for the 1915-1916 session, and by virtue of said office was Lieutenant Governor of the State for that period of time. He resided over the first meeting of Lieutenant Governors of the United States held at Rhea Springs, Tennessee, on June 9-12, 1915. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias; Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Loyal Order of Moose. He is Grand Inner Guard in the K. of P., and looks forward with much satisfaction to the time when he will get to be Grand Chancellor Commander of this great secret order. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been for a good many years. In 1916 he was elected Attorney General of this State, his term beginning on March 4, 1917, and will end March 4, 1921. He lead the State ticket by several thousand votes. His father died in 1899, but his mother, now at the age of 74 years, is still living and resides at Beckley, West Virginia. The legislature of 1917, at its regular session, enacted the "Good Roads Law" and the "Bond Approval Law," requiring the Attorney General to approve or disapprove the validity of all bonds issued by any county, school district or independent school district, municipality or any other political division or divisions. These two laws increased largely the business of the Attorney General's office, and other legislation, also recently enacted, together with the natural increase of business has enhanced the duties of this office more than one-third, although there has been no increase in the office force. Each time Mr. England was a candidate for office he ran largely ahead of his ticket. As President of the Senate his rulings were eminently fair and impartial. Possessing rare ability as a parliamentarian, his decisions as presiding officer of the Senate were seldom questioned. As Attorney General he has had many important questions to grapple with. One of his first official duties was to defend the State and members of the Legislature in the famous Virginia Debt case, in which it was sought in a mandamus proceeding to compel the Legislature to provide ways and means by which the Judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States should be liquidated. His constructions and interpretations of the various statutes have, among the legal fraternity, been generally conceded to be correct, and in this, as well as the many other official duties he has performed as Attorney General, he has shown his legal ability. ------------------------------ BIRTH-REGISTER, Jackson County WV, page 215 Full-name of child: Edward T. England Birth: Dec 4, 1868 in Jackson County, WV Father: A. Ingland (spelling as registered) Mother: Mary DEATH CERTIFICATE, Kanawha County WV, #11949 Full-name: Hulda Leoma England Birth: Nov 4, 1879 in Moulton, Iowa Death: Oct 16, 1954 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV Marital-status: widowed Father: Peter Lenburg Mother: Maggie Bray Informant: Max England (son) Cause-of-death: Carcinomatosis Burial: Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Kanawha WV ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Logan County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/logan/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------