Edmond Spencer Blackburn

Edmond Spencer Blackburn (September 22, 1868 – March 10, 1912) was a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1901 and 1903 and 1905 and 1907.

Edmond Spencer Blackburn
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 8th district
In office March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903
Preceded by	Romulus Z. Linney
Succeeded by	Theodore F. Kluttz
In office March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
Preceded by	Theodore F. Kluttz
Succeeded by	Richard N. Hackett
Personal details
Born	(1868-09-22)September 22, 1868 Boone, North Carolina
Died	March 10, 1912(1912-03-10) (aged 43) Elizabethtown, North Carolina
Political party	Republican
Occupation	Lawyer

Born near Boone, North Carolina, Blackburn attended common schools and became a lawyer. He was admitted to the bar in 1890 and practiced law in Jefferson, North Carolina. A clerk for the North Carolina Senate in 1894 and 1895, he was elected to the state house in 1896 and 1897, the second year serving as speaker pro tempore.

In 1898, he was named an assistant United States attorney, and two years later, was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives. He ran unsuccessfully for re-election in 1902, but was elected to a second non-consecutive term in 1904 in the 59th U.S. Congress.

Declining to run again in 1906, Blackburn returned to his law practice in Greensboro, North Carolina and died in Elizabethtown in 1912; he is buried near his hometown of Boone.