Edmund Mann Pope (February 21, 1837 – June 5, 1906) was an American businessman, soldier and politician.

Pope was born in Penfield, Monroe County, New York and went to the public schools. Pope served in Union Army during the American Civil War, being commissioned Captain in the 8th New York Cavalry Regiment in 1861. He served with the unit throughout the war, becoming a prisoner of war at the Battle of Funkstown during the Gettysburg Campaign.[1] He rejoined his regiment after being exchanged and became its Colonel in March 1865. In the aftermath of the war he was brevetted brigadier general.[2] In 1873, he moved to Minnesota and settled in Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota with his wife and family. Pope worked as a merchant. He served in the Minnesota Senate from 1887 to 1890 and was a Democrat. He died in Grand Marais, Cook County, Minnesota.[3][4]

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  1. ^ Smith, Diane Monroe (2019). Washington Roebling's Civil War: From the Bloody Battlefield at Gettysburg to the Brooklyn Bridge. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 416. ISBN 9780811767828.
  2. ^ Eicher, John H. and David J. (2001). Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. p. 433. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
  3. ^ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Edmund Mann Pope
  4. ^ 'Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States-Journal of the Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Commandery-In-Chief Held In The City Of Philadelphia-October 16, 1907, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1907, The Commandery-In-Chief, In Memoriam-Edmund Mann Pope'
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