Background
Edie, John Rufus was born on January 14, 1814 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Edie, John Rufus was born on January 14, 1814 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
He attended the public schools, Emmitsburg College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and the United States Military Academy at West Point, New New York He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Somerset, Pennsylvania.
John Rufus Edie born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He served as principal of the Gettysburg schools for several years. He was appointed deputy attorney general in 1847 and served until 1850.
He served as district attorney from 1850 to 1854.
Edie was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858.
He was commissioned a major of the 15th Infantry Regiment on May 14, 1861. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 8th Infantry Regiment in September 1864 and brevetted colonel the same month.
He served until January 1871, when he was honorably discharged.
He resumed the practice of law in Somerset and died there in 1888. Interment in Union Cemetery.
He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1845 and 1846.