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Edwin Forrest Sweet (S&B 1871)

Republican. Politician. Yale University. Skull and Bones. Yale Literary Magazine Board. VP Linonia. Kappa Sigma Epsilon. Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi) University of Michigan (Law) at Ann Arbor. Episcopal.

1913 to 1921 - Assistant Secretary of Commerce to William C. Redfield (Episcopalian) and Joshua W. Alexander (Freemason. Delta Kappa Epsilon) by President Woodrow Wilson (Col. Edward M. House)[2]

1911 to 1913 - U.S. House of Representatives (Democratic Party-Michigan)[2]

1904 to 1906 - Mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan.[2]

1899 to 1906, 1923 to 1926 - Member of Grand Rapids Board of Education.[2]

26 Apr 1876, Married in Grand Rapids, Sophia, daughter of Edward Philo and Cornelia Granger (Carroll) Fuller, of Geneseo,N.Y.

Connected with Law firms Stuart & Sweet; Sweet Perkins and Sweet, Perkins & Judson.

After graduation, Sweet engaged in a tour of Europe and the Holy Land. Departing from New York city October 9, 1871, he went to Liverpool, Wales, London, Paris, Marseilles, Rome, Naples, and Brindisi. He then sailed to Alexandria, Egypt, went up the River Nile to the first Cataract, and then spent a month in Palestine. On his return, he passed through Syria, Constantinople, Athens, Venice, Switzerland, Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Scotland. He returned to New York City one year to the day after his departure.[3]

1871 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones Patriarch.[1]

Died 2 Apr 1935, from angina pectoris and arteriosclerosis. Age 88

Son .. Carroll Fuller Sweet (S&B 1899)

Philo C. Fuller (S&B 1881) - brother-in-law of former U.S. Congressman Edwin F. Sweet (S&B 1871); his sister Sophia Fuller married Rep.

Note: Father Sidney Sweet, was Pesident of the First National Bank of Dansville

[1] - FYI - Wiki - Edwin Forrest Sweet (S&B 1871)

[2] - Yale Obituary - Page 17

[3] - Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan : historical account of their progress from first settlement to the present time / Ernest B. Fisher, editor. Collection: Michigan County Histories and Atlases - reference to 1 year travelling and destinations

[4] - Bio Guide Congress.gov - Edwin Forrest Sweet (S&B 1871)

[5] - Govtrack.us - Edwin Forrest Sweet (S&B 1871)

[6] - Find a Grave - Edwin Forrest Sweet (S&B 1871)

[7] - Find a Grave - Philo Carroll Fuller