Background
Root, Edward Tallmadge was born on March 19, 1865 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Edward Warren and Mary (Tallmadge) Root.
Root, Edward Tallmadge was born on March 19, 1865 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Edward Warren and Mary (Tallmadge) Root.
Graduate New York Classical Institute, 1883. Bachelor of Arts, Yale College, 1887. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale, 1890.
Ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church, 1890. Assistant, University Place Presbyterian Church, New York City, 1890-1891. Pastor, Second Congle.
Church, Baltimore, Maryland., 1891-1896.
Elmwood Temple Congressional Church, Providence, Rhode Island, 1896-1904, secretary Rhode Island Federation Churches, 1903-1912, Massachusetts Federation Churches, 1904-1930. Pastor Congressional Church, Westmore, Vermont (to test work in a rural community), 1933-1935.
Trustee Rhode Island and Massachusetts Anti-Saloon Leagues. Prohibition candidate for governor, 1940, for United States Senator, 1944.
Member Brotherhood of Kingdom, 20th Century Association (Boston), North.E. Town and Country Church Commission.
Married Georgiana Merrill, February 21, 1893. Children: Edward Merrill, Winthrop Hegeman.