Edward B. Critchlow
(1858-1920)

8th District Representative

Republican

No

37

October 2, 1858

Redbone, Warren, Mississippi, United States

December 19, 1920

Mary Willis Martin (1859-1930) Married in 1886

Lawyer

Edward Benjamin Critchlow moved to Utah in 1873 to live with his father, who was the Indian agent in Uintah Valley. He attended Salt Lake Collegiate Institute (1878), Princeton (1878), and Columbia Law School (1882). He was admitted to the bar in 1883. Critchlow served as assistant to the United States attorney for Utah Territory from 1890 to 1891 before joining a law partnership. Following his service as a representative, Critchlow was a council member for the American Bar Association and later as president of the State Bar Association. Critchlow was also a member of the board of education of Salt Lake City. Additionally, Critchlow helped found Salt Lake City’s Community Clinic and served as clinic president. Critchlow died in 1920 following a heart attack.

As a representative, he was chairman of the Judicial Committee. Despite opposition, many of Critchlow’s ideas became law. “In the laws passed by the first State legislature the people of Utah owe much to the ability, energy and honesty of Mr. Critchlow” (Drumm 1896, 69).

Drumm, Mark. "The Bee Hive State." Drumm's Manual of Utah, and Souvenir of the First State Legislature, 1896. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Salt Lake City, Utah: M. Drumm, 1896. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx4jb7.

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Image of Edward B. Critchlow by courtesy of HathiTrust Cropped from page 65 of Drumm, Mark. "The Bee Hive State." Drumm's Manual of Utah, and Souvenir of the First State Legislature, 1896. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Salt Lake City, Utah: M. Drumm, 1896. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx4jb7?urlappend=%3Bseq=71