Edward Anderson Irvin (January 13, 1838 – October 13, 1908) was an American politician from Pennsylvania.

He was commissioned as a captain at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg on May 29, 1861, with K Company of the 42nd Pennsylvania Regiment.

He was wounded in the head by a minie ball at the Battle of South Mountain on September 14, 1863.

[1][4] He was elected as a Republican, to complete the unexpired term of A. E. Patton, to the Pennsylvania Senate and represented the 34th district from 1905 to 1906.

[1] Irvin died on October 13, 1908, at the family cottage in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

[1] Prior to his death, Irvin was president of the commission to memorialize his Civil War regiment with a monument.