Edward Hogue Funston
Edward H. Funston
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 2nd district
In office March 21, 1884 – August 2, 1894
Preceded by	Dudley C. Haskell
Succeeded by	Horace L. Moore
Member of the Kansas Senate
In office 1880-1884
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
In office 1873-1876
Personal details
Born	(1836-09-16)September 16, 1836 New Carlisle, Ohio, U.S.
Died	September 10, 1911(1911-09-10) (aged 74) Iola, Kansas, U.S.
Resting place	Iola Cemetery, Iola, Kansas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Anne Eliza Mitchell Funston (1843-1917) ​ ​ (m. 1861)​
Children	Frederick Funston Ella F. Funston Eckdall Edward H. Funston Jr.
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Branch/service	United States Army Union Army
Years of service	1861–1865
Rank	1st Lieutenant
Unit	16th Ohio Battery

Edward Hogue Funston (September 16, 1836 – September 10, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Funston was born near New Carlisle, Ohio on September 16, 1836.^[1] He attended the country schools of New Carlisle, then Linden Hill Academy in New Carlisle and Marietta College in Ohio.^[1]

He taught school, and during the Civil War entered the Union Army in 1861 as lieutenant in the Sixteenth Ohio Battery.^[1] He participated in the principal engagements along the Mississippi River and mustered out in 1865.^[1]

He moved to a farm in Carlyle, Kansas in 1867.^[1] Funston served as member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1873–1876) and was Speaker in 1875.^[1] He served in the Kansas Senate (1880–1884), and was Senate President in 1880.^[1]

Funston was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dudley C. Haskell.^[1] He was reelected to the Forty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 21, 1884, to March 3, 1893.^[1] He served as chairman of the Agriculture Committee (Fifty-first Congress).

He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1893, until August 2, 1894, when he was succeeded by Horace L. Moore, who successfully contested the election. After leaving Congress, Funston returned to his Kansas farm.

He died at his home in Iola, Kansas, on September 10, 1911,^[1] and was interred in Iola Cemetery.^[2]

In 1861, Funston married 18-year-old Ann Eliza Mitchell of West Charleston, Ohio; she was a cousin of his Civil War battery commander and a great-grandniece of Daniel Boone.^[3] Their children included: Frederick; James Burton; Pogue Warwick; Ella (Eckdall); Aldo; and Edward H. Jr.^[3] They were also the parents of two other children, a boy and a girl, who died in infancy.^[3]

Frederick Funston went on to become a major general in the United States Army and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor.^[4]

• Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 703.

• "Fred Funston's Restless Life of Adventure". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, IL. May 7, 1899. p. 33.
• "Hon E. H. Funston Dead". Daily Republican. Cherryvale, KS. September 12, 1911. p. 1.

• Denger, Mark J. (February 8, 2016). "Major-General Frederick Funston, U.S.V." Californians and the Military. Sacramento, CA: California Center for Military History.

• United States Congress. "Edward H. Funston (id: F000429)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-10-10
• Edward H. Funston at Find a Grave

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas
1st district	Phillips Anderson Morrill Broderick Curtis Anthony Lambertson Cole H. Miller Avery Dole Sebelius Roberts Moran Huelskamp Marshall Mann
2nd district	Goodin Haskell Funston H. Moore O. Miller M. Peters Bowersock Scott Mitchell Taggart E. Little Guyer C. Little Guyer Scrivner N. George Ellsworth Avery Mize Roy Keys Jeffries Slattery Brownback Ryun Boyda Jenkins Watkins LaTurner
3rd district	Brown Ryan Perkins Clover Hudson Kirkpatrick Ridgely A. Jackson Campbell Sproul McGugin Patterson Winter Meyer M. George Hargis McVey Ellsworth Winn Meyers Snowbarger D. Moore Yoder Davids
4th district	Ryan Kelley Otis Curtis J. Miller F. Jackson Doolittle Hoch Carpenter E. Rees Shriver Glickman Tiahrt Pompeo Estes
5th district	Anderson Davis Calderhead Vincent Calderhead R. Rees Helvering Strong Ayres Houston Hope Breeding Skubitz Whittaker Nichols
6th district	Hanback Turner Baker McCormick Reeder Young Connelly White Sparks McCarthy Carlson Smith Dole
7th district	S. Peters Simpson Long Simpson Long Murdock Madison Neeley Shouse Tincher Hope
8th district	Murdock Ayres Bird Ayres
At-large	Conway Wilder Clarke Lowe (1873–1875: Lowe Cobb Phillips) (1883–1885: Hanback Morrill Perkins S. Peters) Harris Blue Botkin Bailey Scott
Territory	Whitfield Parrott

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