Eda C. Martin
Eda C. Martin | |
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 Martin, from a 1958 newspaper | |
| Born | Eda Ethel Clough August 17, 1902 Lisbon, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | September 25, 1982 (aged 80) Littleton, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Occupations | Politician, state legislator |
Eda Ethel Clough Martin (August 17, 1902 – September 25, 1982) was an American politician. She was a Republican, elected to multiple terms in both houses of the New Hampshire state legislature in the 1950s and 1960s.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Clough was born in Lisbon, New Hampshire, the daughter of Chester Charles Clough and Julia Wallace Clough. She attended Bryant & Stratton College.[3]
Martin was a bookkeeper and office manager by profession.[4] As a widow in her late 40s, she became interested in state politics.[5] Beginning in 1951, she served four terms in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Littleton; she was elected to the New Hampshire Senate in 1958.[6][7][8] She was acting president of the Senate on June 12, 1959. She returned to the House in 1960,[9] and was re-elected to a sixth term there in 1962.[10] She returned to the Senate for a second term in 1965,[11] after a close election and a recount.[12][13]
Clough was an officer of the New Hampshire Owls, an organization for women legislators in the state.[14] She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the New Hampshire Mayflower Descendants, and the New Hampshire Historical Society.[3] In 1967 she joined Richard Nixon's campaign committee in New Hampshire.[15]
In 1924, Clough injured her shoulder when she jumped from the third story of a burning building, in the deadly Lawrence Block Fire in Montpelier.[16][17] She married one of the other survivors of the fire, railroad station agent Claude Nichols Martin,[18] in 1926, after his divorce.[19] Her husband died in 1949,[20] and she died in 1982, at the age of 80, in Littleton.[21]
References
[edit]- ↑ United States Women's Bureau (March 28, 1951). "Women Serving in 1951 State Legislatures" – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Women in State Elective Positions" (PDF). 1959. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2020.
- 1 2 "Political Advertisement". The River News and Twin State News-Times. March 6, 1958. p. 1. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Anderson, Leon W. (May 26, 1964). "The State's My Beat". Concord Monitor. p. 4. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Anderson, Leon W. (December 2, 1950). "The State is My Beat". Concord Monitor. p. 4. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ New Hampshire General Court (March 28, 1963). "Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives" – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Eda C. Martin for State Senate (advertisement)". The River News and Twin State News-Times. October 30, 1958. p. 3. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Massachusetts General Court House of Representatives (March 28, 1952). "Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts". Massachusetts Historical Society. – via Google Books.
- ↑ "McMeekin In Senate Bid". Concord Monitor. February 17, 1960. p. 6. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "62 Ladies in Legislature". Nashua Telegraph. November 21, 1962. p. 2. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Anderson, Leon W. (December 22, 1964). "67 Women, An All-Time Record, Will Serve in 1965 Legislature". Concord Monitor. p. 13. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Mrs. Martin Winner by 8". Concord Monitor. November 6, 1964. p. 8. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Rep. Martin is Winning". Concord Monitor. November 23, 1964. p. 12. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Mary Dondero Owl President; Portsmouth Woman Heads Legislators Group for Biennium". Concord Monitor. January 28, 1959. p. 14. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "42 Persons Join Nixon Committee". Nashua Telegraph. November 21, 1967. p. 8. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Heller, Paul (September 14, 2015). Montpelier Chronicles: Historic Stories of the Capital City. History Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-62585-602-9.
- ↑ "Two Known Dead, Nine Are Missing". The Herald News. February 15, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Mr. Martin Has Recovered". Montpelier Evening Argus. May 17, 1924. p. 4. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Divorce Testimony Caused Arrests; But Clyde M. Martin and Miss Eda Clough Deny Misconduct". The Barre Daily Times. October 9, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Claude N. Martin". The Herald. January 5, 1950. p. 8. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Former Legislator Dies". Concord Monitor. September 27, 1982. p. 3. Retrieved May 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.