J. Wiley Edmands

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J. Wiley Edmands

John Wiley Edmands (born March 1, 1809 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  January 31, 1877 in Newton , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Wiley Edmands attended the public schools in his home country as well as the English High School in Boston. In the following years he worked in Dedham and Lawrence in the wool textile industry. Politically, he became a member of the Whig Party . In the congressional election of 1852 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded James H. Duncan on March 4, 1853 . Since he refused to run again in 1854, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1855 . This was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war .

In 1855 Edmands became Chief Financial Officer of Pacific Mills Co. of Lawrence. After the dissolution of the Whigs, he became a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 . In the presidential election of 1868 he was one of the electors who officially elected General Ulysses S. Grant as US president. Wiley Edmands died in Newton on January 31, 1877.

Web links

  • J. Wiley Edmands in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Edmands, J. Wiley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Edmands, John Wiley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1877
Place of death Newton , Massachusetts