John Edwards (Pennsylvania politician): Difference between revisions
Removing from Category:19th-century American legislators has subcat using Cat-a-lot |
|||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
| preceded = ''See below'' |
| preceded = ''See below'' |
||
| succeeded = [[Charles Jared Ingersoll]] |
| succeeded = [[Charles Jared Ingersoll]] |
||
| birth_date = {{birth |
| birth_date = {{birth date text|1786}} |
||
| death_date = {{death date and age|1843|6|26|1786}} |
| death_date = {{death date and age|1843|6|26|1786}} |
||
| birth_place = [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Ivy Mills, Pennsylvania]] |
| birth_place = [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Ivy Mills, Pennsylvania]] |
||
| Line 49: | Line 49: | ||
[[Category:1843 deaths]] |
[[Category:1843 deaths]] |
||
[[Category:19th-century American lawyers]] |
[[Category:19th-century American lawyers]] |
||
| ⚫ | |||
[[Category:Anti-Masonic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania]] |
[[Category:Anti-Masonic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania]] |
||
[[Category:Burials in Pennsylvania]] |
|||
[[Category:Pennsylvania lawyers]] |
[[Category:Pennsylvania lawyers]] |
||
[[Category:Politicians from Delaware County, Pennsylvania]] |
[[Category:Politicians from Delaware County, Pennsylvania]] |
||
[[Category:Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania]] |
[[Category:Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania]] |
||
| ⚫ | |||
Latest revision as of 20:34, 24 November 2024
John Edwards | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | |
| Preceded by | See below |
| Succeeded by | Charles Jared Ingersoll |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1786 Ivy Mills, Pennsylvania |
| Died | June 26, 1843 (aged 56–57) Glen Mills, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Anti-Masonic Whig |
John Edwards (1786 – June 26, 1843) was an Anti-Masonic and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
[edit]John Edwards (granduncle of John E. Leonard) was born in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was deputy attorney general for Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in 1811. He moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1825 and shortly thereafter engaged in the manufacture of iron and later of nails near Glen Mills, Pennsylvania.
Edwards was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-sixth Congress and reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress. After his time in congress, he resumed his former manufacturing pursuits, and died on his estate near Glen Mills in 1843. Interment in the Friends' (Hicksite) Cemetery of the Middletown Friends Meetinghouse in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "John Edwards (id: E000074)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
 | This article about a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1786 births
- 1843 deaths
- 19th-century American lawyers
- Anti-Masonic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania lawyers
- Politicians from Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- 19th-century people from Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania United States Representative stubs