Background
Markham, Edgar was born on December 22, 1885 in Bardolph, Illinois, United States. Son of Harvey and Sarah (Seybold) Markham.
Assistant to Chairman Federal Farm Board
Markham, Edgar was born on December 22, 1885 in Bardolph, Illinois, United States. Son of Harvey and Sarah (Seybold) Markham.
University of Kansas., Bachelor of Arts, 1910.
Reporter Kansas City Star, Leavenworth Times, Sioux City Journal, and Des Moines Register and Leader, 1910-1913. Copy reader and news editor, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 1914-1916. Washington correspondent St. Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch, 1917-1929.
Appointed assistant to chairman, in charge of press relations, Federal Farm Board, 1929. Appointed Washington representative Grain Committee on National Affairs, 1933. Appointed executive secretary National Grain Trade Council, 1936.
Appointed assistant director National Highway Users Conference, 1938. Washington correspondent, St. Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch, 1942. Washington Corresponding, Farm Journal, 1943.
Member Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Delta Chi. Clubs: National Press, Gridiron.
Spouse Frances Hart, August 30, 1919, Washington, D.