Edwin L. MacLean

Edwin Lockwood MacLean (August 9, 1890 – October 18,1968^[1]) was an American politician and lawyer who was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1923 until early 1927 and a member of the Minnesota Senate from 1927 until early 1931.^[2]

Edwin L. MacLean
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office January 2, 1923 – January 3, 1927
Member of the Minnesota Senate
In office January 4, 1927 – January 5, 1931
Personal details
Born	(1890-08-09)August 9, 1890 Duluth, Minnesota
Died	October 18, 1968(1968-10-18) (aged 78) Hennepin County, Minnesota

MacLean was born in Duluth, Minnesota. He graduated from Central High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1908.^[2] He then graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1912,^[3] and attended graduate school at Cambridge University for two years. He studied law at Yale Law School for two years and received a law degree in 1916 from the University of Washington.^[2]

MacLean served in the United States Infantry in World War I for five years, becoming a captain. He was a part of the Disabled American Veterans.^[2]

During his time as a Minnesota legislator, MacLean sponsored many bills, including a forced-sterilization bill which was passed into law in 1925.^[4] He also co-sponsored bills with Sue Metzger Dickey Hough about gun control and car insurance.^[5]