Edward W. Greenman

Edward Whitford Greenman (January 26, 1840 – August 3, 1908) was an American politician, banker, merchant, and manufacturer who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1887 to 1889.

Early life Born in Berlin, New York, Greenman attended the common schools and De Ruyter Academy, Alfred, New York.

Career Greenman engaged in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits in Berlin and became town supervisor (1866–68). He was clerk of Rensselaer County (1868–71) and deputy county clerk for ten years. In 1874, he moved to Troy, New York.

Congress Elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress, Greenman served as United States Representative for the eighteenth district of New York (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1888.

Banking Cashier of the Central National Bank of Troy, New York from 1888 to 1905, Greenman was also Cashier of the National City Bank of Troy from 1906 to 1908.

Death Greenman died in Troy, New York, on August 3, 1908 (age 68 years, 190 days). He is interred at Oakwood Cemetery.

Family life The son of Schuyler and Phebe Witford Greenman, he married Mary E. Moore on January 29, 1859.