Edward O. Hamblin

Edward Oscar Hamlin (June 12, 1828 – February 4, 1895) was an American politician active in Minnesota.

Hamlin was born in Bethany, Pennsylvania on June 12, 1828. His father was Judge Ephraim Warren Hamlin. He began practicing law in 1852. He moved to Minnesota in 1854, first moving to Sauk Rapids and worked as an attorney. He later moved to St. Cloud, Minnesota, and was elected as mayor there. In 1858, he was also the Fourth Judicial District Judge.

In September 1861, Hamlin was nominated by the Democratic State Convention to run for Governor of Minnesota as the Democratic nominee that November. He lost to incumbent Republican Alexander Ramsey. Hamlin would then run to be on the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1864. That year, he was a delegate to the 1864 Democratic National Convention.

Hamlin would continue to practice law in Wayne County until he retired in 1885 due to ill health.

Personal life Hamlin married Mary A. Eldred (1830-1868) in 1852. Her younger sister Lucinda Eldred was the wife of judge Ara Bartlett. Hamlin's second wife was Ella F. Strong (1847-1930). He had two sons, Frank E. Hamlin and Warren E. Hamlin.

Hamlin died on February 4, 1895 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania.