Background
Flye, Edwin was born on March 4, 1817 in Newcastle, Maine, United States.
United States representative politician member of the Maine House of Representatives
Flye, Edwin was born on March 4, 1817 in Newcastle, Maine, United States.
Born in Newcastle, Maine, Flye attended the common schools as a child and attended Lincoln Academy.
He engaged in mercantile pursuits and shipbuilding. During the Civil War, Flye served as a paymaster with the rank of major in the Union Army. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876 and was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives to fill a vacancy the same year.
He served until 1877. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1876, and, instead, he resumed shipbuilding and banking. He was interred in Congregational Cemetery in Newcastle, Maine.
He was a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1858 and served as president of the First National Bank of Damariscotta, Maine for many years.