Edward C. McFetridge was an American

United States

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 lawyer, businessman, and politician.

Born in Rochester, New York

Rochester, New York

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, he was admitted to the New York Bar. He moved to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

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, where he practiced law and open a woolen mill. He served as Mayor of Beaver Dam, as county treasurer of Dodge County, Wisconsin

Dodge County, Wisconsin

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, and on the Dodge County Board of Supervisors,
He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly

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 1878 and 1881 and in the Wisconsin State Senate

Wisconsin State Senate

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1879–1880. He also served as the Wisconsin State Treasurer 1882–1887.