About Edward Hawkins
Lived 1829 – 1908 (aged 79). Edward Hawkins was an American politician.
Edward Hawkins (January 21, 1829 in Stony Brook, Suffolk County, New York – June 10, 1908 in Jamesport, Suffolk Co., NY) was an American manufacturer and politician from New York.
Life He was the son of Daniel Shaler Hawkins (1798–1868) and Sophia (Smith) Hawkins (1802–1841). He attended the public schools, and then went to sea, becoming a ship captain. In 1870, he and his brothers began the manufacture of fish meal and fish oil from menhadens.
He was a Democratic member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) in 1890 and 1891, defeating his brother Simeon S. Hawkins who ran on the Republican ticket for re-election.
Edward Hawkins died on June 10, 1908, at his home in Jamesport.
One of his daughters was married to Congressman Joseph M. Belford (1852–1917).
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