Edwin G. Waite

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name =Edwin G. Waite


office2 = 16^th California Secretary of State
term_start2 = 1891
term_end2 = 1894
predecessor2 = William C. Hendricks
successor2 = Albert Hart
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office3 = California State Assemblyman
term_start3 = 1855
term_end3 = 1856
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constituency3 = Assembly District 16
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office4 = District Attorney
term_start4 = 1854
term_end4 = 1855
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death_date = 1894-10-30
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party = Whig
Know Nothing
Union
Republican
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spouse =Julia Eliza Stone
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children =Julia, Mary, Effie, Edith
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Edwin G. Waite (died 1894-10-30) was a politician, newspaper man, author, and goldminer. He was a member of California's 16th State Assembly district, Alameda, California from 1855 until 1856. In 1891, he became Secretary of State of California, and died in office in 1894. [cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html |title=Index to Politicians: Wait to Walberg |accessdate=2008-07-11 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=politicalgraveyard.com] He belonged to the Whig, Know Nothing, Union, and Republican parties during his political career. [cite web |url=http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/7274 |title=Edwin G. Waite |accessdate=2008-07-11 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=joincalifornia.com]

While living in Nevada County, California, [cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/NV.html |title=Politicians who lived in Nevada County |accessdate=2008-07-11 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=politicalgraveyard.com] Waite was a newspaperman associated with the "Nevada Daily Transcript" of Nevada City, California. [cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=F8zAzT1juN4C&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=%22Edwin+G.+Waite%22+%22Nevada+City%22&source=web&ots=bkFggZUiRp&sig=hVhO9SliJ35Hsb0xyrA5wEVLabk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA92,M1 |pages=92 |title=After the Gold Rush : society in Grass Valley and Nevada City, California, 1849-1870 |last=Mann |first=Ralph |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1982 |publisher=Stanford University Press |location=Stanford, Calif. |isbn=0804711364] He also was coauthor of "The Discovery of Gold in California", which included, in the section titled 'Pioneer Mining', a reprint of Waite's recollections about his experiences in the 1849-1851 gold diggings period. [cite web |url=http://www.siegelbooks.com/cgi-bin/bps455/1157 |title=Title: The Discovery of Gold in California. |accessdate=2008-07-11 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=siegelbooks.com]

He married Julia Eliza Stone (born 1839-03-17) [cite web |url=http://www.dave-francis.com/genealogy/francisfamily/pafg714.htm |title=Edwin G Waite |accessdate=2008-07-11 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=dave-francis.com] on 1856-05-13 and they had four daughters: [cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wingfamilyofamerica/p1274.htm#i2042388 |title=Edwin G. Waite |accessdate=2008-07-11 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date=2003-08-25 |work= |publisher=ancestry.com]
* Julia Bertha Waite
* Mary Agnes Waite
* Effie Genevieve Waite
* Edith Alice Waite

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