Alonzo J. Edgerton

Alonzo Jay Edgerton
U.S. Senator from Minnesota
In office March 12, 1881 to October 30, 1881
Preceded by	William Windom
Succeeded by	William Windom
Born	June 7 1827(1827-06-07)
Died	August 9 1896 (aged 69) Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Political party	Republican

Alonzo Jay Edgerton (June 7, 1827 – August 9, 1896) was an American politician, who graduated from Wesleyan University in 1850. He was appointed U.S. Senator from Minnesota as a Republican, and served from March 12, 1881 to October 30, 1881 in the 47th congress. He was later appointed chief justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of Dakota. When South Dakota was admitted as a State into the Union, he was made United States judge of that district. He also served as president of the constitutional convention of South Dakota. He died in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

• Alonzo J. Edgerton at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress