Edmund C. Carns

Edmund C. Carns
Edmund C. Carns
2nd Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska
	In office; 1879–1883
Governor	Albinus Nance
Preceded by	Othman A. Abbott
Succeeded by	Alfred W. Agee
Member of the Nebraska Senate
	In office; 1876
Personal details
Born	February 19, 1844; Butler County, Pennsylvania
Died	March 22, 1895 (aged 51)
Spouse	Margaret Jane Burke
Children	6

Edmund Crawford Carns (February 19, 1844 – March 12, 1895) was the second lieutenant governor of Nebraska, United States, serving from 1879 to 1883 while Albinus Nance was Governor.^[1] He was first elected state senator in 1876.^[1]

Early life

Edmund received an academic education from Witherspoon Institute. During the Civil War, he enlisted under the 1st Minnesota Regiment and served until the end of the war as a sergeant. In 1873, he moved to Nebraska after living in several other states, including Illinois, Minnesota and California.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Watkins, Albert (1913). Illustrated History of Nebraska: A History of Nebraska from the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region. J. North. pp. 592–97.
^ Hall, C.L. (1881). Biographical Manual of the Members of the Sixteenth Legislature of Nebraska. Jour. Company. p. 32.

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[carns1-1] Watkins, Albert (1913). Illustrated History of Nebraska: A History of Nebraska from the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region. J. North. pp. 592–97.

[2] Hall, C.L. (1881). Biographical Manual of the Members of the Sixteenth Legislature of Nebraska. Jour. Company. p. 32.

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Edmund C. Carns


2nd Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska
In office 1879–1883
Governor	Albinus Nance
Preceded by	Othman A. Abbott
Succeeded by	Alfred W. Agee
Member of the Nebraska Senate
In office 1876

Personal details
Born	February 19, 1844 Butler County, Pennsylvania
Died	March 22, 1895 (aged 51)
Spouse	Margaret Jane Burke
Children	6^[1]