Edward W. Durant (April 8, 1829 – December 9, 1918) was a U.S. politician from the state of Minnesota.
Life Durant was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (now part of Boston) in 1829. His family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in ~1831, and then to Illinois in 1839. He moved to Stillwater, Minnesota in April 1848, 1849, or 1858. He worked there as a steamboat pilot. In 1861, he become mayor of Stillwater after previously serving on the city council. He was a Grand Master in the Masonic Fraternity and a Grand Chancellor in the Knights of Pythias.
In 1875, he unsuccessfully ran for lieutenant governor. He was elected to both chambers of the Minnesota legislature, serving in the House for three terms, and the Senate for four terms.
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