Edward Henry Ozmun

Edward Henry Ozmun was born in Rochester, Minnesota on August 6, 1857.^[1][2] His father was Abram Ozmun, who served in the Minnesota State Legislature and as mayor of Rochester.

Ozmun married Clara B. Goodman on November 21, 1894, and they had one daughter.^[1][3]

He went to the University of Wisconsin. He then received his bachelor's and law degree from the University of Michigan. He practiced law in Saint Paul, Minnesota.^[2] He served in the Minnesota State Senate from 1895 to 1898 as a Republican. Ozmun then served in the United States Consular Service. He was first stationed in Stuttgart, Germany. In 1905, he became consul-general at Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, serving until his death there on December 9, 1910.^[3][4]